Intersections between Neoliberalism and Musical Creativity: A Historical Analysis

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In this article, we present a global view of the historical and sociocultural panorama that governed the understanding of musical creativity in the West, glimpsing the elements that made possible the emergence of a “neoliberal sense of creativity” and its actions in the field of music. Methodologically, this investigation applied a qualitative and interdisciplinary bibliographic approach, covering the areas of music history and copyright, sociocultural and psychoanalytic studies on neoliberalism, and investigations in psychology and philosophy. The results show a junction between musical creativity and neoliberalism, in which the value of individual creativity is intrinsically linked to the capacity for entrepreneurship. Such association comes from a process of conceptual transformation in which craftwork changes into artistic work, which, in turn, becomes a commodity inserted in the context of the cultural industry. Symbolic constructions of musical creativity based on socioeconomic criteria were recurrent in the different analyzed historical areas.

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Luciano da Costa Nazario, FURG

Luciano da Costa Nazario is a researcher, educator, guitarist, composer, and arranger. Bachelor in Music from the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL), Master in Music Composition from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), and Doctor in Music in the area of ​​Theory, Creation, and Practice from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). His pedagogical work (Laboratory of Musical Creation) and his research on musical creativity (practice-based research) have been applied in universities in Brazil, Germany, China, Ireland, Costa Rica, Argentina, and Peru. He currently works as a technician at the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG) where he works on extension projects (conductor and arranger of the FURG Big Band), and leads the Study Group on Creativity in Music, an inter-institutional and interdisciplinary group formed by researchers and students from the area of ​​music, psychology, history, letters and anthropology at the Federal University of Rio Grande, Federal University of Pelotas and the Federal University of Pampa.

Rheuren da Silva Lourenço, FURG

Graduating in History (degree) at the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG). He published the article "The imaginary of fear through faith: hell and the devil in the 14th century from the work of the final judgment (1306) by giotto di bondone" in the Medievalis magazine, of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and the article (abstract) "transmission and preservation of indigenous memory: how this process takes place through chants and rituals in the Mbyà-Guarani group" at the FURG University Production Exhibition. He attended extension courses (Ethnic-racial relations education strategies in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic / Festa de Iemanjá Living Heritage in the city of Rio Grande) and gave oral presentations at the "VI International Seminar to Think Historical Research: Historiography" , "International Seminar to Read Carmen da Silva", "Seminar on Platinum Studies: Historical Perspectives", "Webconference commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Ecomuseu da Picada", "19th Exhibition of University Production (Virtual Edition)" and in the "Course Knowing the Indigenous Culture in Rio Grande"

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Published

2023-10-02

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2023): Edição 39 - Produzindo Ciências: história científica do Brasil pós-independência (mar./set.2023)

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Copyright (c) 2023 Luciano da Costa Nazario, Rheuren da Silva Lourenço

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