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          administration for ideological reasons,  Committees Secretariat. The chosen   student in Educational Policies and
          Odecir Luiz Prata da Costa, one of the   one to pilot this experience was the   Institutions at the University of Rio
          greatest experts in incentive laws in   sociologist and educator Roberta   and Coordinator of the Publications
          the country. Costa was exonerated   Martins, former director of cultural   Working Group of the Rio Museum
          by Frias as soon as he took over  diversity at Fundação de Arte de   Educators Network. Fernanda will have
          the Special Secretariat for Culture   Niterói  (fan).  The  manager,  who   a budget of R$ 21 million more than that
          of the federal government, in July   already had the Theatro Municipal   spent last year to conduct the national
         2020, at the behest of the so-called  João  Caetano,  the  Museum  of   policy on museums. She spoke with
         “Olavista wing” of that administration,  Contemporary  Art  (mac)  and  the   the arte!brasileiros.
          so  that  the  former  government   Niterói Ballet Company under her
          kept the decision on development   management  in  the  municipality       –  Ibram  has  just  gone
          centralized,  with  not  uncommon   of Niterói, is now responsible for  through a management that came
          rules of ideological exception and   articulating the likely successor of   to impose a notorious interference
          censorship. Serving since 1988, with a   Pontos de Cultura at the forefront of   of religious, ideological interests,
          technical profile, Costa was opposed   government actions.          of political apparatus, instead of
          to the persecutory, extremist and   The concept of the Committees   technical prioritization. There
          denialist rage in the conduct of the   presupposes  the  existence  of  a   was even the presence of royalist
          incentive laws and was removed.  nucleus in each state of the federation,  groups in action in museums. A
           Another  public  servant  that   formed  by  artists,  intellectuals   historian from Rio Grande do Sul
          returned to her duties was Teresa   and workers of local culture, with   even turned down an invitation to
          Cristina Rocha Azevedo de Oliveira,  no links to the government. It will   take over the National Historical
          appointed as Director of the Direct   be the community itself reflecting   Museum,  seeing  flaws  in  the
          Development  Department  of  the   and  proposing  how  to  cope  with   appointment  process  for  the
          Creative Economy Secretariat. This   strategies for major contemporary   position. What was the damage
          restructuring is considered essential   Brazilian and global issues. These   that national museology suffered
          for activating not only the Rouanet   committees, the government believes,  in  this  period  (including  a
          Law, which is atrophied (and buried   will allow a deeper understanding   substantial loss of resources) and
          by old accountability), but also the   of the demands and needs of each   what is being done to regain lost
          brand new incentive legislation that   corner of the country, circumventing   time and efforts. Will there be an
          is on the way, the Paulo Gustavo Law   the government’s historic centralist   increase in Ibram’s budget (how
          and the Aldir Blanc ii Law. , which   tendency.                    much was the progressive loss in
          will earmark around R$ 7 billion for                               recent years)?
          the sector.                      new public policies interview [pages 20 and 21]   Fernanda Santana Rabello de
           According  to  the  Ministry  of                                     Castro – First, it is important to
          Culture, five million people work in   IBRAM TARGETS SOCIAL            consider that these statements
          the cultural area of   the country and  PARTICIPATION                 could be made about the previous
          generate around 3% of the national   Educator Fernanda Santana Rabello de   government,  but  there  is  no
         gdp. A stimulus the size of what is   Castro, a career civil servant, was chosen   evidence that they can be directly
          announced for 2023 and 2024 could   to manage the 24 institutions of the federal   related to Ibram’s management.
                                           museum system in the country
          generate  thousands  of  jobs  and                                    Historian Doris Couto’s refusal to
          activate a fundamental economic   by jotabê medeiros                  assume the position of director of
          area, which fits into the so-called                                    the National Historical Museum
          sof  economy (based on creativity,  of all the institutions linked    was due to the disrespect for the
          access, sharing, collaboration and  to the ministry of culture, one   selection process and the norms
          trust), without the side effects of   that will restart its work under the   that regulated it. As in the case of
          heavy and environmentally harmful   management of a career educator is   cultural policies and others linked
          industries.                      the Brazilian Institute of Museums   to the then-defunct Ministry of
           The Rouanet Law will be subject to a   (Ibram).  The  chosen  one  for  the   Culture, Ibram and the museum
          new government decree, which should   presidency of Ibram, on February 7,   sector suffered from resource
          come out by the end of March, with the   is Fernanda Santana Rabello de Castro,   cuts and contingencies, reduced
          aim of making specific adjustments   who has worked in the educational area   by  up  to  a  third  compared  to
          to the text - in addition to the return   of   the Museu da Chácara do Céu since   previous  times,  in  addition  to
          of multi-year and annual plans for  2010. Graduated in History from the   having undergone institutional
          cultural  institutions,  continued   Federal University of Rio de Janeiro   disorganization with regard to
          actions and the promotion of stable   (ufrj), with experience in the basic   its organizational structure, the
          artistic groups, new limits of values     education network in the municipality   implementation of public policies
          for funding, management and fees,  of Teresópolis and the state of Rio   already  consolidated  and  the
          the National Commission for Cultural   since  2006,  Fernanda  was  acting   composition of the staff. In 2023,
          Incentives (cnic) will be reactivated.  as deputy director of the National   Ibram has a record budget, which
           Part  of  the  mapping  of  the   Historical Museum. She is a specialist   reaches around brl 146 million.
          Brazilian cultural potential will be the   in the History and Culture of Africa and   These resources will be used for
          responsibility of the government’s   Black people in Brazil from the Candido   the recomposition of policies, for
          most recent innovation: the Culture   Mendes University (ucam), a Master’s   the restructuring of the museums
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