A dimensão socioeducativa e cultural das bandas de música: um estudo a partir da atuação da banda de música do município de Alto Santo(CE)

Abstract

Based on the premise of the cultural and social relevance of music bands, a qualitative research was carried out in order to understand how the cultural and educational dimensions of Dom Pompeu Music Band in the city of Alto Santo (CE), are articulated and affect the process of building cultural citizenship. The methodological basis was the case study in association with ethnographic and ethnomusicological tools. The choice of this method enabled the gathering of a greater number of information, through the use of several techniques of data collection, thus allowing a detailed understanding of the object of study. For the construction of the data, observations and semi-structured interviews with the cultural agents of the city were used mainly. The concepts of social institution, tradition, cultural citizenship, social field and educational and cultural dimensions were taken as theoretical support, from Chauí (1995, 2003), Giddens (1991, 2003), Berger and Berger (1977), Bourdieu (1983, 1989, 2007) and Penna (2010). From the data constructed and analyzed, it was possible to verify that the music band is an institution that contributes to the democratization of access to music and its production, and, thus, to cultural citizenship, by enabling citizens not only to enjoy cultural/musical goods, but that they are active agents of its elaboration, in the local musical production, from the performance of the band. It was also verified the fundamental role of the band's conductor, so that educational, cultural and citizenship actions take place in the city.