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Abstract: This project aims to rethink the relevance and richness of “low-visibility and/or almost underground musical ecosystems” (generally, initiatives off the radar of public authorities in different locations or considered “dangerous” by conservative sectors of society) for sustainable local development of the main metropolises with musical vocations in the country [Brazil]: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, and Recife. Bearing in mind that music is a “moving social force” and an essential vector for increasing strategic creative chains (especially tourism, culture, gastronomy and entertainment) in the country, we seek to develop an interdisciplinary comparative analysis (including building a interlocution with international experiences) focused on evaluating the social relevance of: a) initiatives organized by street musical collectives or semi-public spaces – many of them organized by minority groups (in line with the agenda of the black movement, women's movement or LBGTQIA+ groups) – with a great capacity for social mobilization (some of them supported occasionally or peripherally by the State, but others that operate practically clandestinely in urban spaces); b) certain popular youth musical scenes, associated with genres and cultural universes considered “dangerous or even outlawed”, such as funk, trap, electronic music, hip hop, brega, bregafunk, arrocha, rock and k-pop (i.e. heavily criticized in journalistic statements and by conservative segments). From a theoretical-methodological point of view, the proposal in this network project is to build and comparatively analyze “cartographies of controversies” of “multiple barely visible territorialities” (involving production, experimentation, circulation, and musical consumption) and whether these are predominantly carried out in urban spaces and /or in virtual environments (in their multiple connections, articulations, and developments)."
Timetable: 2022-2024
