Abstract

In 2003, Gilberto Gil, the new Brazilian minister of culture and legendary Brazilian popular music icon, announced a new project of cultural networking. Gil pitched the Cultural Points program to the Workers’ Party administration and to the public at large as a fundamental resource for revealing and circulating the various forms of expressive culture for all Brazilians to access. This program has had a direct impact on local hip-hoppers as they have found new, legitimized spaces for employment and artistic expression. An analysis based on experience with the Casa de Cultura Hip Hop in the São Paulo metropolitan area over the past decade sheds light on the relationship between the “left” turn in Latin American politics since 2000 and the role of popular culture in the contemporary formation of citizenship. En 2003, Gilberto Gil, el nuevo Ministro de Cultura de Brasil y legendario ícono de la música popular brasileña, anunció un nuevo proyecto de creación de redes culturales. Gil propuso el programa Puntos de Cultura a la administración del Partido de los Trabajadores y al público en general como un recurso fundamental para revelar y difundir diversas formas de expresión cultural que estuvieran al acceso de todos los brasileños. Este programa ha tenido un impacto directo sobre los raperos locales, quienes han encontrado nuevos y legítimos espacios de empleo y expresión artística. Un análisis basado en los últimos diez años de experiencia de la Casa de Cultura Hip Hop, localizada en el área metropolitana de São Paulo, examina la relación entre el giro “izquierdista” de la política latinoamericana a partir del año 2000 y el papel de la cultura popular en la formación contemporánea de la ciudadanía.

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