“Forró and Rap Guarani: partnerships and knowledge in the flow of parties (2018)” by Klaus Wernet | PhD Thesis

Abstract: “Based on fieldwork, especially with the bands of rap and forró formed by indigenous Guarani, the research investment was to understand the networks of relationships woven by these bands through the practice of music. Ethnography focuses on the “musicar”, translation of the concept “musicking” created by Christopher Small. In this light, not only musical execution is the object of attention, but all other forms of engagement with music. Musical practice does not take place in a vacuum, it needs a network of relationships to effectively establish itself. The multiplicity of forms of musical engagement builds localities, partnerships, expansion of knowledge and positions musicians as a point of reference in the community. Musical practice emerges as a significant element in the most distinct social interactions. Initially, the thesis analyzes the new technological productions of communication and the historical aspects that impelled its propagation and popularization by the terrestrial globe. With these technologies, which provide greater interactivity, musicians interconnect in networks. The locality is strongly anchored in partnership relations with agents who are not necessarily physically close. However, some aspects of affinity sediment relations between the agents who participate in the “musicar”, indicate desires and social conditions shared, or at least nearby. From these heterogeneous encounters, connections are established between different practices, people, and places. A flow of information that becomes knowledge enters the scene, expanding channels of communication between the musicians and their interlocutors, indigenous or otherwise.”

 

This PhD thesis, written by Klaus Wernet and supervised by Prof. Dr. Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji, was defended in 2018 as part of the PhD program in Social Anthropology at the University of São Paulo. A copy of the dissertation is available in Portuguese in USP’s Repository.

 

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ANO

2018

AUTORES

Klaus Wernet

EDITORES

Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji