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    The Work of Cultural Intermediaries and the Enduring Distance between Production and Consumption

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    This article raises some critical questions about cultural intermediaries as both a descriptive label and analytic concept. In doing so, it has two main aims. First, it seeks to provide some clarification, critique and suggestions that will assist in the elaboration of this idea and offer possible lines of enquiry for further research. Second, it is argued that whilst studying the work of cultural intermediaries can provide a number of insights, such an approach provides only a partial account of the practices that continue to proliferate in the space between production and consumption. Indeed, in significant ways, a focus on cultural intermediaries reproduces rather than bridges the distance between production and consumption. The paper focuses on three distinct issues. First, some questions are raised about the presumed special significance of cultural intermediaries within the production/consumption relations of contemporary capitalism. Second, how 'creative' and active cultural intermediaries are within processes of cultural production is discussed. Third, specific strategies of inclusion/exclusion adopted by this occupational grouping are highlighted in order to suggest that access to work providing 'symbolic goods and services' is by no means as fluid or open as is sometimes claimed

    MANIFESTAÇÕES SOCIAIS E NOVAS MÍDIAS: a construção de uma cultura contra-hegemînica

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    O artigo analisa algumas manifestaçÔes sociais que surgiram pelo mundo a partir de 2008, em especial no Egito, na Espanha, nos EUA, no Chile e no Brasil. O nosso interesse estĂĄ no impacto, nessas manifestaçÔes, do uso das redes sociais, jĂĄ razoavelmente inseridas num contexto de intensa mediação na comunicação entre manifestantes e na opiniĂŁo pĂșblica em geral. Analisamos dois aspectos: o impacto na organização desses movimentos e o uso cada vez mais central das imagens como forma de comunicação. Com a preocupação de identificar pontos de novidade mais do que analisĂĄ-los profundamente, indicamos que hĂĄ interessantes possibilidades de luta contra-hegemĂŽnica a partir do uso extensivo e intensivo das mĂ­dias sociais, o que se dĂĄ pela busca da democracia radical e pelo uso crĂ­tico da imagem. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Internet. MĂ­dias sociais. Hegemonia. Movimentos sociais. PolĂ­tica.SOCIAL MANIFESTATIONS AND NEW MEDIA: the construction of a counter-hegemonic culture Paulo Rodrigues Gajanigo RogĂ©rio Ferreira de Souza The article analyzes some social protests that have appeared around the world from 2008, especially in Egypt, Spain, USA, Chile and Brazil. Our interest is in the impact, on these events, of the use of social networks, already fairly inserted in a context of intense mediation in communication between protesters and public opinion in general. We analyze two aspects: the impact on the organization of these movements and more central use of images as a form of communication. With a view to identify new points, more than deeply analyze them, indicate that there are interesting possibilities for counter-hegemonic struggle from the extensive and intensive use of social media, which is given by the search for radical democracy and critical use of images. KEYWORDS: Internet. Social media. Hegemony. Social movements. Policy.MANIFESTATIONS SOCIALES ET NOUVEAUX MÉDIAS: la construction d’une culture contrehĂ©gĂ©monique Paulo Rodrigues Gajanigo RogĂ©rio Ferreira de Souza Cet article analyse quelques manifestations sociales qui ont eu lieu dans le monde Ă  partir de 2008, tout spĂ©cialement en Égypte, en Espagne, aux États-Unis, au Chili et au BrĂ©sil. Notre centre d’intĂ©rĂȘt se situe au niveau de l’impact crĂ©Ă© par l’utilisation des rĂ©seaux sociaux dans ces manifestations dĂ©jĂ  suffisamment insĂ©rĂ©es dans un contexte d’intense mĂ©diation de ces rĂ©seaux pour la communication entre les manifestants et l’opinion publique en gĂ©nĂ©ral. L’analyse porte sur deux aspects: l’impact au niveau de l’organisation de ces mouvements et l’utilisation chaque fois plus centrale des images comme moyen de communication. Dans l’intĂ©rĂȘt d’identifier des Ă©lĂ©ments nouveaux plus que d’en approfondir l’analyse, nous signalons qu’il y a des possibilitĂ©s intĂ©ressantes de lutte contre-hĂ©gĂ©monique grĂące Ă  l’utilisation intensive des mĂ©dias sociaux, auxquels on fait appel en vue d’une dĂ©mocratie radicale et pour l’utilisation critique de l’image. MOTS-CLÉS: Internet. MĂ©dias sociaux. HĂ©gĂ©monie. Mouvements sociaux. Politique. Publicação Online do Caderno CRH no Scielo: http://www.scielo.br/ccrh  Publicação Online do Caderno CRH: http://www.cadernocrh.ufba.br

    O Programa de Cidades HistĂłricas (PCH) no Ăąmbito das polĂ­ticas culturais dos anos 1970: cultura, planejamento e nacional desenvolvimentismo

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    Este artigo analisa o Programa de Cidades HistĂłricas (PCH) como parte da rede de relaçÔes e de poder que implementou as polĂ­ticas culturais nos anos 1970 no Brasil, de modo integrado ao setor econĂŽmico do governo, com base nas linhas do projeto desenvolvimentista orientadas para o regionalismo associado Ă  descentralização. Apresenta, inicialmente, documentos oficiais que orientaram a formulação da PolĂ­tica Nacional de Cultura na dĂ©cada de 1970 e a rede de intelectuais envolvidos na sua elaboração, contemplando diferentes agĂȘncias do Estado, historicamente atuantes no campo da cultura. Destaca em tais documentos a naturalização da associação entre turismo, cultura e patrimĂŽnio, via pela qual se deu a incorporação do campo da cultura nas discussĂ”es sobre o desenvolvimento socioeconĂŽmico brasileiro. Analisa as parcerias estabelecidas entre o MEC e a Secretaria de Planejamento da PresidĂȘncia da RepĂșblica para a criação e implantação do PCH, compreendido como um projeto de açÔes interministeriais integradas. Busca evidenciar os modos de incorporação das polĂ­ticas culturais nos planos de desenvolvimento do Brasil Grande e apontamos a complexificação das redes e das representaçÔes acerca dos valores da brasilidade associados ao tradicional popular nordestino. Foram trazidas para a anĂĄlise memĂłrias de protagonistas do alto escalĂŁo do regime militar e de tĂ©cnicos que compartilharam vivĂȘncias, relacionadas Ă quela conjuntura e ao prĂłprio PCH, cotejadas com uma diversificada documentação.The article analyzes the Program of Historical Cities - PCH (Programa de Cidades HistĂłricas) as part of the network of relations and power that implemented cultural policies in the 1970s in Brazil, in an integrated manner to the government's economic sector, based on the lines of development project, oriented to a regionalism associated with decentralization. It presents first official documents that guided the formulation of the National Cultural Policy in the 1970s and the intellectual network involved in its preparation, comprising officers from different state agencies, historically active in the cultural field. The article highlights the naturalization of the association between tourism, culture and heritage and the inclusion of the cultural field in the discussions about the Brazilian socioeconomic development. It analyzes partnerships between the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Secretariat of Planning of the Presidence of the Republic (Secretaria de Planejamento da PresidĂȘncia da RepĂșblica) for the creation and implementation of the PCH, understood as a project of integrated ministerial actions. We identify the ways of incorporation of cultural policies in development plans of the ideological program called "Great Brasil" (Brasil Grande), and pointed out the complexity of networks and representations about the Brazilianness values associated with the traditional folk Northeastern. We brought for analysis the memories of high-ranking military regime protagonists and technicians who shared experiences related to the PCH, and collated them with a diverse documentation
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