No tempo da cultura: estudo sobre a multidimensionalidade de agentes culturais de um bairro popular de Salvador

Abstract

The research aimed to understand the process of constitution of the cultural agent in the context of Bairro da Paz, located in the northern region of the city of Salvador, Bahia. Exploring multiple spheres of the cultural agent's daily life, the research adopted a long-term approach, allowing an immersion in the different times of the interlocutor – a research collaborator –, their relationship networks, their agency in the economy of culture and their social context. During the development of the research, analytical categories were developed, such as territorialized identity, which refers to the cultural agent's connection with the territory in a context of social conflict, and multidimensionality, which encompasses the different facets of the cultural agent's life. Furthermore, the concept of movement was explored sociologically, understood as a fundamental path and transit to understand both the personality and social interactions of the cultural agent. The conception of culture adopted in the research has to do with the idea of ​​social development, which is a category mobilized by cultural agents, permeating contemporary economic, social, cultural and political contexts. The ethnic-racial dimension, especially the notion of blackness, played a crucial role in analyzing the constitution of the cultural agent and its interactions in different aspects of everyday life. In conclusion, the research demonstrated the viability of a sociology of the cultural agent and the importance of a multidimensional approach to understanding its complexity, including its movements, identities, networks and agencies within the context in which the cultural agent is inserted.