Inequalities and Resistances in The Organization of Marginalized Festive Practices

This article is based on the understanding of festivals as organizations and events that are multiform and establish mediations with society (Amaral, 1998a; Davel, 2016). Based on a multi-political perspective, our objective was to reflect on the social production of inequalities and forms of resist...

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Autores: Procópio da Silva, Nathália Brunet, Fantinel, Letícia Dias
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)
Repositorio:Organizações & Sociedade (Online)
Idioma:inglés
portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.ufba.br:article/28472
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/revistaoes/article/view/28472
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:congo capixaba
non-places
Afro-Brazilian festivals
micropolitics
inequality
não-lugares
festas afro-brasileiras
micropolíticas
desigualdade
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Sumario:This article is based on the understanding of festivals as organizations and events that are multiform and establish mediations with society (Amaral, 1998a; Davel, 2016). Based on a multi-political perspective, our objective was to reflect on the social production of inequalities and forms of resistance in the organization of the congo capixaba festival, in the state of Espírito Santo. Our theoretical reflections were grounded in Certeau’s (Certeau, 1985, 2008, 2012; Certeau, Giard, & Mayol, 2003), Hall’s (2003, 2011) and Sansone’s (2004) discussions and reflections regarding contemporary black culture. Our empirical field of investigation was the Carnaval de Congo de Máscaras [Congo Masquerade Carnival], in Roda D’água, where we employed the ethnographic method as a data production and interpretation strategy. Our findings indicate the existence of “non-places” as products of historically produced conditions of social marginality, as well as an ethnic-racial invisibility reinforced in the festival’s organizational context. These non-places operate in the religious, touristic, and cultural macropolitical fields. On the other hand, we highlight how the subjects of such conditions deal with them by employing certain micropolitical tactics, which figure prominently in their everyday lives, and articulate themselves around a sense of tradition and belonging.