2017 Lusofonia in Musidanças. Governance, discourse and performance (original) (raw)
[English] - para português veja abaixo This PhD dissertation explores lusophone soundscapes in Lisbon in synchronic and diachronic perspectives. It focuses on the governance of a music festival in the capital of Portugal: Musidanças, organized by the Portuguese-Angolan musician Firmino Pascoal since 2001. It relates cultural agents that have evoked the ambivalent notion of lusofonia. Drawing from in loco and virtual fieldwork, I analyze musical webs of interest into play in contexts of lusophone fluidity, and seek to understand how local music producers and their products represent lusofonia in festive events, other venues and recordings. I point out ways in which Firmino Pascoal has voiced national provenances of musicians and music categories performed. Although existing studies mention historical references of intercultural mixture, only recently related taboos are approached. This Ethnomusicology study case of Musidanças, implying strategies of Discourse Analysis unveils relations between music and social change, thinks beyond narratives of origins and focuses on representations of intercultural awareness and intervention. --- [português] - for English please see above Esta dissertação explora paisagens sonoras lusófonas em Lisboa em perspetivas sincrónica e diacrónica. Centra-se na governância de um festival de música na capital de Portugal: Musidanças, organizado pelo músico Português-angolano Firmino Pascoal desde 2001. Relaciona agentes culturais que têm evocado a noção ambivalente da lusofonia. Baseando-me em trabalho de campo in loco e virtual, analiso teias musicais de interesses em jogo em contextos de fluidez lusófona, e procuro perceber como é que produtores de música locais e seus produtos têm representado lusofonia em eventos festivos, outros locais e gravações. Aponto modos pelos quais Firmino Pascoal verbaliza proveniências nacionais dos músicos e categorias musicais performadas. Apesar de estudos existentes mencionarem referências históricas de mistura intercultural, só recentemente se abordam tabus. Este estudo etnomusicológico do caso Musidanças, implicando estratégias de Análise de Discurso, revela relações entre música e mudança social, pensa além das narrativas de origens e foca representações de sensibilização e intervenção intercultural.
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