Diálogos entre a licenciatura em música e a gestão cultural

Abstract

In this study, I sought to investigate the dialogues between the Degree in Music and cultural management, with the aim of understanding how the knowledge acquired in the initial training of music teachers is linked to actions in the field of public cultural management in two municipalities in the Agreste region of Pernambuco. As specific objectives, I tried to describe actions and projects developed in cultural management processes and identify the mobilization, direct or indirect, of knowledge and skills acquired in the initial training of music teachers to deal with processes and projects in cultural management. This study was developed from two methodological proposals: autoethnography and case study. However, both can be seen here as case studies, as long as one takes into account that one of the cases concerns my experience as a music student and cultural manager, while the other case was studied from the experience of an alumnus of the Degree in Music at IFPE – Belo Jardim campus, Professor X, who also started to act as cultural manager. The results presented show that it is possible to manage culturally from knowledge acquired in a Degree in Music. However, the study also made clear the deficit in the training of cultural managers. In the context of this investigation, I understand that cultural managers who graduated from a Degree in Music tend to reframe a portion of the knowledge and skills experienced in the initial training (of teachers), adapting them to new situations in their cultural management function. Finally, I understand that it is possible to be a music educator and manage culturally, because music, education and culture are interconnected. But I emphasize that there is a lot to be done so that cultural managers and music teachers have the necessary training to act in the contemporary world.