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Westernized and Europeanized History this research process? Were there funds, ask in a solidarity and collective
of Art. For, if in the clash of art there is also surprises, positive and/or way, and even wrote a law, Aldir Blanc,
art itself – of life as art –, how can we negative? which was proposed to Congress,
find ourselves again in an exit to memory néstor garcía canclini – Some- because they knew that the best path
and history? thing that was very significant to be was not the Secretariat of Culture nor
able to compare two giant countries the Executive Government, but the
[ 1 ] The term here refers to the European like Brazil and Mexico, with cultural Congress, where there was plurality
movement that defined the barrier of policies of many decades, quite and there were many legislators
thought and artistic production between structured, with investigations willing to collaborate with these
modern industrial Europe and the rest of already done in each of them, however, virtual networks, to write the Aldir
the world. with contrasts. This confrontation, Blanc law, which delivered more
[ 2 ] iconoclasty: That or who opposes the cult in a situation like the pandemic, than R$ 3 billion, that is, about us
of images; it does not respect traditions, revealed countless surprises. In the $500 million, to distribute it between
monuments or conventions. See Boris case of Brazil, there are more studies the municipalities and states. There
Groys; Power Art. on the relationship with Argentina, were obstacles, including from the
[ 3 ] Term that gives title to research by Luciano the importance of Brazil within government’s Secretariat of Culture,
Feijão (es). Mercosur, but few analyzes and through the complexity of budget
comparisons with Mexico. And, in the usage requirements. Also because
seminar interview néstor garcía canclini case of Mexico, there is a focus on the of the financial control details they
[pages 26 to 29] economy, culture and immigration, established, but the money was
URGENT AGENDAS but more with the United States than distributed to approximately 75% of
with Latin America. the municipalities.
Recently released by Edusp, ‘Cultural Another important surprise was to The second important explana-
Emergencies’ investigates the find out that during the Bolsonaro’s tion we find is the federalization of
changes in relations between cultural government, Brazil was, during the the national cultural system in Brazil.
institutions, public policies and artists
accelerated by the pandemic pandemic, the country that delivered It is a very different fe deralization
the most emergency funds for cultural compared to what happens in Mexico,
by eduardo simões activities throughout Latin America. which is a very centralized state.
There is a comparative study, which We know that this federalization,
millions of jobs in the cultural was carried out in the first year of the during the pandemic, favored, for
sector were hit hard in the most critical pandemic, in relation to emergency example, states buying vaccines
period of the covid-19 pandemic. During increases in the culture budget in ten independently.
confinement, technological advances and Latin American countries. Brazil is
new public habits accelerated changes in first place, with a real increase of – Between the neoliberal crisis,
in the cultural industry and provoked a 143% in the fund dedicated to culture the pandemic and the impact of new
review of funding, public policies and in 2020. Next comes Argentina, with technologies, which factor proves
exhibition strategies, among other issues. 41%, third, Ecuador, with 24%, and to be the most forceful about the
In order to analyze this panorama, the fourth, Chile, with 15 %. relationships between institutions,
Publishing House of the University of I would like to briefly mention two artists, public policies and the public
São Paulo (Edusp), in co-edition with main explanations that give Brazil itself? Will the recent emergence of
the Institute of Advanced Studies of usp such a prominent place. First of artificial intelligence reconfigure this
(iea-usp), recently launched the book all, we know that the Bolsonaro’s scenario in any way?
Cultural Emergencies: Institutions, government was not favorable to The question is very important
Creators and Communities in Brazil cultural development, it demoted the because it identifies three factors that
and in Mexico. Made in partnership Ministry of Culture to a Secretariat are very significant internationally for
with Itaú Cultural, the publication was and, with that, reduced funds. cultural development. I would say that
organized by Argentine anthropologist However, we have to say that there the three, and the pandemic has the
Néstor García Canclini and also includes are two main explanations, which we temporal limitation of having affected
the participation of researchers Juan highlight and analyze in the book: some countries severely, for two
Ignacio Brizuela, Sharine Machado C. in Brazil, a movement of thousands years cultural development, but the
Melo and Mariana Martínez Matadamas. of artists, creators, managers and world health organization declared
arte!brasileiros spoke with professor cultural animators emerges right about a year ago that it was no
Canclini – who has been studying crises in at the beginning of the pandemic. longer the main social and economic
cultural institutions and artistic movements The pandemic begins in March 2020 problem in the world. The pandemic
for about 20 years – about the main and, in April, virtual movements are is not, at this moment, a decisive
conclusions of Emergências Culturais and already being created, which was issue for cultural development, as are
extrapolated what is covered by the book the only way to communicate for the neoliberal crisis and the impact
in order to discuss other urgent aspects most museums, cultural centers, etc. of new technologies. This does not
of the cultural sector now and in the near The public could not go to cinemas, mean that the pandemic does not
future. Read next. theaters, etc., but did so virtually. continue to show its consequences,
There were thousands of artists because there are many projects that
– What are the biggest and cultural managers who got had to be closed. In the first year, on
challenges encountered throughout together to see where they could get average, more than 800,000 jobs
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