Diversidade musical em belo horizonte: políticas culturais em foco

Abstract

This master's research aimed to analyze how the idea of musical diversity has developed in the cultural policy of Belo Horizonte, based on interviews with artists, cultural producers, and cultural agents, as well as the collection of data from the results of grants for cultural projects by the City Incentive Cultural Act (LMIC) from 2017 to 2023 and the State Incentive Cultural Act (LEIC) from 2019 to 2023. To understand the entire context in which this cultural policy was established in the city, we first addressed a historical overview of cultural policies in Brazil and a portrayal of the musical diversity of Belo Horizonte from the perspective of those who “make music” and the music the citizens listen to. Of the 1,223 projects analyzed, there is a greater recurrence of certain musical expressions, such as hip hop and MPB, as well as many projects for music festivals and music-educational activities. The interviews show that there has been an improvement in the democratization of access to funding programs, but there is still a need to improve the difficult writing of the calls, as well as to facilitate application for people with low education attainment; there is a widespread perception that the available resources are still low; affirmative policies have allowed the entry of historically marginalized groups. It is essential that cultural policies in Belo Horizonte are not only based on the promotion of calls, so that the other musical diversity of the city will have space – and resources to thrive.