Love Forever, Fear Never: Brazilian Musical Responses to a Political Coup
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On May 12, 2016, the Brazilian Senate initiated impeachment proceedings of President Dilma Rousseff, installing Michel Temer as interim president. Temer’s agenda included Provsisional Measure No. 726, which shuttered Brazil’s Ministry Culture, calamatious news for culture makers, who relied on ministry a source advocacy and financial support. In response, activists occupied state offices across country in protest. At Palácio Gustavo Capanema, Rio de Janeiro headquarters ministry, occupation lasted more than 100 days. Culture makers from myriad disciplines backgrounds showed support activists, with music musicians playing particularly important role raising profile spirits occupation. The present article examines this moment through an analysis 22 performance by composer Jards Macalé. Drawing ethnographic work at in-depth interviews participants, it argues that musical performance, articulated politicized notion love, served community-building function these protests. It also contributes to debates theorists such Lauren Berlant Sara Ahmed use love motivate political action. This language, while key creating possibility identification, can be undercut lived exclusions events like when they do not include presence people most affected policies being protested.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Music & politics
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1938-7687']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/mp.3854