[May 17, 2004]
Brazilian Cultural Forum from Rio de Janeiro
Rio Forum talks about Brazilian cultural visibility production
Rio de Janeiro will be holding the Brazilian Cultural Forum at SESC Tijuca, on May 19 and 21, a preparatory forum to the International Cultural Forum. Representatives of the area, theoreticians, politicians, businessmen, public and private administrators linked to the sector of all regions of the country will meet in order to discuss and customize ideas and proposals, which will be presented during the International Global Culture Forum. Focus of discussions will be given to the paths to peace through culture.
Forum in Rio de Janeiro should reflect, promote and verbalize amongst other aims the diversity of Brazilian cultural production with the participation of the most important cultural agents and specialists of the sector. Such a meeting should consolidate the results produced by the different Regional Forum, taking place from October 2003 to now days, discussing common proposals of cooperation between regions. There will also be several simultaneous teleconferences at the workshops, which will be happening in Rio.
Brazilian Cultural Forum will discuss the following themes and sub themes:
Building new cultural paradigm
Cultural diversity and Social equality: dialogues and challenges
Cultural diversity, dialogue and challenges
Culture, Education and Development
Culture focused by Public Polices
Intercultural dialogues and access democratisation
Cultural economics: new coins
Democratic cultural assets management
Cultural networks and shared information
See the event program:
Artistic Program
May 19th
- Reading of the poem "E agora José" by Carlos Drummond de Andrade, by Rogério Froes
- Live show with Dona Ivone Lara and Teresa Cristrina accompanied by Semente
Group.
May 20th
- Maria da Graça (opening show) - shows and performances of a women's group dressed as clowns expressing the everyday female world.
- Leo Gandelman - Saxophonist and composer presenting some of his best hits.
- Chorinho da Feira - 'Choro`s" group introducing Inês Perdigão at the cavaquinho (small guitar), Marcelo Bernardes at the flute, and friends, playing every Saturday at Laranjeira`s open market in Rio, will be presenting its classical repertoire in the best carioca style.
- Cortège Brincante Abayomi - Abayomi Cooperative craftswomen group will be presenting a cheerful cortege, an assembly of artistic expressions based on Afro-Brazilian tradition. Women of various generations move their skirts employing poetry, recipes and white cursing, singing work, lullaby and praise songs. Public is called to participate to the performance and it ends up with a "ciranda".
May 21st
- Poetry with Emanuel Marinho, poet and improviser from Eldorado, Estate of Mato Grosso do Sul.
- Brothers Brother - Group of comic actors and acrobats mixing in their performances circus, theater and dance elements.
- Chico Lobo - one of the most active guitar players of the actual generation extremely involved with root music, revealing all his Brazilian popular culture experience. Chico Lobo will be presenting his guitar hits influenced by different feasts from the Estate of Minas Gerais.
- Homage to the "Teatro de Revista" (vaudeville) with Carvalhinho and stars Virgínia Lane and Tânia Mara.
- Afro-reggae (closing show) - Musicians coming from Favela de Vigário Geral mixing funk with other rhythms.
Programs and speakers
May 19th:
8 pm - Opening ceremony with the presence of Arnaldo Nisker, Estate Cultural Secretary to the State of Rio de Janeiro, Danilo Santos de Miranda, Chairman of the Board of Directors - Regional Director of SESC São Paulo, mongst others.
9 pm - Live show with Dona Ivone Lara and Teresa Cristrina joined by Semente Group.
Cocktail.
May 20th:
9 to 10:30 am - Presentation and Breakfast
10:30 am to 12:30 pm - Round table - Building new cultural paradigms: the knowledge, the making of and the feeling:
Jailson de Souza e Silva - Doctor in Education by PUC-Rio, theses developed based on trajectory of some scholars at Favela da Maré.
- Valdina Pinto - Educator, voodoo priestess and Afro-Brazilian cultural researcher.
- Iara Pietricovsky - Social-Economics Studies Institute President (Inesc).
- Affonso Romano de Sant'anna - Educator, poet, essayist and chronicler.
12:30 to 2:30 pm - Lunch
2 pm to 3:30 pm - workshops - Cultural Diversity and Social Equality: promoting new values, behaviors and opportunities
GT1 - Cultural diversity, dialogue and challenges
- Sesc Coordinator
- Durval Muniz de Albuquerque - theme presentation - Doctor in Social History by Unicamp and IV adjoined professor to the History department at Federal Rio Grande do Norte University.
GT2 - Cultural, Education and Development:
- Unesco Coordinator
- Bráulio Tavares - theme presentation - Fantastic literature writer, composer and researcher.
GT3 - Culture focused by the Public Policies:
- Aluísio Teixeira - coordinator - Dean Rio de Janeiro University (UFRJ).
- Hamilton Pereira - theme presentator - Workers Party Estate Deputy, São Paulo.
3:30 to 4 pm - Break
4:30 to 6 pm - Plenary conclusion
May 21st
9:30 to 11 am - Workshops- Multicultural dialogues and democratization accesses: sharing experiences
GT1 - Cultural Economics: the new coins
- José Carlos Barbosa - coordinator - Doctor in Statistics and Agronomical Experimentations by Paulista State University (Unesp).
- Bruno Cavalcanti - theme presentation
GT2 - Democratic cultural assets management
- Margarete Moraes - coordinator
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- Teixeira Coelho - theme presentation - Writer and Coordinator to the Cultural Policies Observatory of the University of São Paulo (USP).
GT3 - Cultural Networks and shared information
- César Piva - coordinator - Cultural and Social Administrator and Coordinator of an educational project with young in Minas Gerais.
- Ruy Cezar - theme presentation - Director to the Casa Via Magia Cultural Institute and a Member of the International Cultural Forum.
- Octavio Arbelaez - President to the Latin-American Cultural Products Network.
- Nitis Jacon - President to the Guaíra Theater Foundation and President to the Mercosul Cultural Producers Network.
- Walter Roberto Malta - President to the Brazilian Cultural Producers Network.
11 to 11:30 am - Break
11:30 am to 1 pm - Plenary conclusion
1 to 2 pm - Lunch
2 to 2:30 pm - Latin-American Panel
- Octavio Arbelaez - coordinator
- Gerardo Andrade - theme presentation -Andrés Bello Agreement, Colombia
2:40 to 4 pm - Brazilian Panel - Regional Seminars conclusions
- Coalition Cultural Parliamentary Representative
- Regionals Forum Representative
16:30 to 6 pm - Plenary conclusion
Brazilian Cultural Forum
Inscriptions to the Brazilian Cultural Forum may be applied through site www.forumbrasileirodecultura.org.br until May 19 and will be filled by arrival order. The inscription fee is R$ 20,00 by means of bank deposit (refer to site). There are few vacancies left.
Date: May 19 and 21, 2004
Local: SESC Tijuca
Address: Rua Barão de Mesquita, nº 539 - Tijuca - Rio de Janeiro
Telephone: (21) 3238-2100
Number of participants: 430
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