DANCE PROMOTION POLICIES IN BAHIA AND CUBA: DIALOGUES BETWEEN AFRO-DIASPORIC TERRITORIES
KEYWORDS: PROMOTING DANCE; APHRODIASPORA; CONTEMPORARY SOCIALISM; CULTURAL POLICY; LATIN AMERICAN AND CUBAN PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT
THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO OUTLINE OTHER PATHS FOR US TO (RE)THINK THE POLICIES OF PROMOTING DANCE IN THE STATE OF BAHIA, THOUGH DIALOGUES WITH CULTURE, ART AND EDUCATION IN CUBA AND ITS RECENT SOCIALIST AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT CONTEMPORARY. IT IS INTENDED TO REFLECT AND PROBLEMATIZE ABOT: WHY DANCE STILL NEEDS POLICIES FOR ITS SOCIOCULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE OF BAHIA AND HOW THE EXPERIENCE OF CUBA CAN CONTRIBUTE TO (RE)THINKING THE DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES TO THE AREA? THE ANALYSIS OF THE REMAINING IDENTITY PROCESSES OF BOTH TERRITORIES OF THE APHRODIASPORA IS PRESENTED AS A METHODOLOGICAL SUPPORT FOR THIS STUDY, IN WHICH WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERSECTING KNOWLEDGE AND BRINGING BORDRES BETWEEN COUNTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. HERE, DANCE AND EDUCATION ARE MEDIATORS OF THE CROSS BETWEEN PEOPLES, CULTURES AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL MOVIMENTS FOR THE DECOLONIZATION OF BEING, KNOWLEDGE AND POWER IN ABYA YALA1, AS WELL AS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL POLICIES THAT VALUE OUR INTANGIBLE HERITAGE AND HUMAN.