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The systematic use of social networks served as fuel for the acts of violence a half months, Margareth Menezes
played an essential role in these by 8J. Of course, the perspective completely changed the established
attacks, something very similar to what here is to reflect the motivation of paradigms of administrative
happened on January 8th. Let’s use as these attacks on works of art, always composition in the culture of the
an example the protests against the remembering that the central focus Brazilian State. On March 3, at Sala
performance The Beast , by Wagner was the occupation of the Three Cecília Meirelles, in Rio, Margareth
Schwartz, at the opening of the 35th Powers, without a defined agenda, swore in the Bahian Maria Marighella
Panorama of Brazilian Art at the Museum and the rejection of democracy and (Carlos Marighella’s granddaughter)
of Modern Art in São Paulo, also in 2017. the electoral result of 2022, with the as president of the National Arts
That night, the artist remained naked in acquiescence of the militaries with Foundation (Funarte) with a large public
a demarcated area and with information the occupations of the doors of the act in Rio de Janeiro, accompanied by
about nudity, allowing himself to be barracks, this indeed was the incubator the live drumming of the percussive
manipulated by museum visitors. The of the destruction of Brasilia. group Tambores de Olokun, a rite that
work’s concept is related to Bichos , by However, looking retrospectively, for incorporated the old #OcupaMinC
Lygia Clark, metal sculptures created six years now, since 2017, right-wing movement, born in 2016, in resistance to
in the 1960s to be manipulated by the networks have systematically attacked the coup d’état against former president
public. A child present with his mother art and culture, inculcating contempt Dilma Rousseff. When announcing
even touched the artist, without any for the sector in their followers. And the Funarte’s new collegiate board,
erotic connotation. nutcases who, with one hand destroyed The changes, which could be
However, through social networks, a what they saw, and with the other located predominantly in the territory
flood of false accusations was created recorded their actions on the networks, of representativeness, go far beyond
that the child was interacting with the simply embraced the booklet of culture the symbolic: on the last 7th, by means
naked artist and that, therefore, the wars. Reversing this situation will be the of an ordinance, Margareth Menezes
museum was making an apology of result of a long-term action, but one created the brand new Gender, Race
pedophilia. There, the temperature that urgently needs to start. and Diversity Committee in the
boiled. A post by the museum on ministry, with the aim of producing
its Facebook page, clarifying that new public policies reportage [pages 16 to 18] diagnoses of actions that can enhance
the work was properly flagged, had policies of affirmative transversality
40,786 comments, 10,506 shares and FEMALE TASK FORCE (and create tools and mechanisms to
48,000 appreciations (from likes to In just two and a half months, Margareth be permanently incorporated by the
dislikes), numbers never reached by the Menezes changed the paradigms of Brazilian State). Four other ministries
institution. At most, there are a hundred administrative composition in the culture of in the Lula government are already
the State; at the Ministry of Culture, women
comments for a post, but the average are not just the majority, they decide part of Margareth’s Committee.
is still far below that. “Brazil will be a better country to the
This is where the perverse functioning by jotabê medeiros extent that it respects, welcomes and
of Facebook itself comes in, a network encourages the development of all
based on exploiting “the attraction of the artist and curator naine women,” said the minister.
the human brain for discord”, as pointed terena, who curated the pioneering On a practical level, the new Ministry
out by the North American journalist indigenous art show Vexoa: We of Culture is maintaining its main focus
Max Fisher in the excellent book just know , at Pinacoteca de São Paulo on unlocking cultural action at the
released in Brazil, A Máquina do Chaos (in 2020, bringing together 23 artists federal level. In the next few days, the
(Todavia , 2023 ). and collectives), is the new director deadline that the minister gave for a
Social networks, especially Facebook of Education and Artistic Training at working group to regulate the new Paulo
and Instagram, have become hotbeds the National Secretariat of Education, Gustavo Law, which will allocate R$
for delinquents, stimulated by Books and Reading of the Ministry of 3.8 billion to encourage culture in the
algorithms that leverage hate speech. Culture. Political scientist Layanne States and Municipalities, ends. The
Miguel Lago, in the great article in Piauí Lisa coordinates the Articulation and transfer, the largest in terms of volume
magazine in February Clip the profiles! Governance board of the Culture of resources in the country’s history,
, pointed out how these networks were Committees of the same ministry. could start as early as April.
essential for the 8J: “Never before Sociologist Leticia Schwarz is To meet this demand, which will
has a Brazilian historical event been the undersecretary for Strategic involve control and inspection, as
recorded from so many angles and Management. Anthropologist Raquel well as follow-up, the Ministry of
cameras. (…) Even before the press Dias Teixeira is the coordinator Culture has begun to recompose its
and authorities understood what was of iphan’s National Folklore and team of experts in incentives and
going on, millions of Bolsonaristas Popular Culture Center. Educator legislation. The return of experienced
watched the invasion through the cell Kelma Ferreira coordinates Ibram’s civil servants, with extensive historical
phones of the aggressors. It’s almost Administrative Support. Doctor in and technical knowledge of the rules
as if everything was being done by the Ethnic and African Studies Desiree and norms that provide legal security
profiles just for the purpose of creating Tozi is the new Director of Cooperation to the incentive sector, is being
content for social networks.” and Development at iphan. meticulously undertaken.
Because it is exactly this mixture of In the new 2023 Brazilian Ministry A few days ago, Margareth rehired
discord encouraged by social networks of Culture, women are not just the the first civil servant who had been
with campaigns against culture that majority, they decide. In just two and dismissed during the Mario Frias
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