Abstract

As demonstrated by some authors who reflect on contemporary cultural policies in Brazil, the country finds itself in a unique moment with regard to the relationship between culture and the state. In this sense, the Ministry of Culture (MinC) is much more active and involved in discussions about the development of Brazilian society. This role acquired by MinC is recent and is inserted into the broader PT government program, initiated in 2003. As a result of this new place assumed by this ministry, it proposed to review not only its performance, but also the areas that would compose its scope and could be included in its political project. This reflection led to a rapprochement with the discussions taking place at the international and especially supranational level – centrally in the agencies associated with the United Nations – on the creative economy: the area has gained ground in Brazil and sectors which hitherto were not considered as part of national cultural policies became part of them. So in this article I want to briefly address the appropriations made by the Brazilian government of the discussions held by UNCTAD/UN, as well as to discuss how MinC understands the fashion in this context, further indicating some of the actions carried out not only by political leaders, but also by the actors involved in the sector to affirm this new position of fashion as a target of cultural policies in Brazil. Keywords: fashion, creative economy, cultural policies, UNCTAD, Ministry of Culture (MinC).

Highlights

  • O seguinte artigo apresenta alguns dos resultados de minha tese de doutorado que atualmente se encontra em andamento

  • O tema de minha pesquisa são as recentes aproximações entre a moda brasileira – como indústria de produtos de vestuário voltada para o mercado de bens, assim como os agentes nela envolvidos – e o Ministério da Cultura, mais centralmente a Secretaria de Economia Criativa

  • O tema da economia criativa vem recebendo uma atenção especial no Brasil, o que pode ser verificado pela formalização de uma secretaria de governo, associada ao Ministério da Cultura (MinC), especialmente criada para se dedicar ao tratamento dos assuntos relativos ao tema, a Secretaria de Economia Criativa (SEC)

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O seguinte artigo apresenta alguns dos resultados de minha tese de doutorado que atualmente se encontra em andamento. Esta reflexão conduziu a uma aproximação com as discussões que ocorriam em nível internacional e, especialmente, supranacional – centralmente nas agências associadas à ONU – sobre a economia criativa: a área ganha espaço no Brasil e setores que até aquele momento não eram considerados como parte das políticas culturais nacionais passam a sê-lo.

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