Negotiating with the Border: Cultural Networks in the Brazil-Uruguay Borderlands, Between Institutionalization and Informality

Situated at the intersection of research on cultural policy and production and of border studies, this article focuses on the processes at work in the development of both formal and informal cross-border cultural actions. The case of the Brazil-Uruguay borderlands is explored in order to root analys...

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Published inBiens Symboliques / Symbolic Goods no. 13
Main Author Marié, Solène
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Université Paris Lumières 19.12.2023
Subjects
política pública
grenzüberschreitend
transfrontalier
militantisme
Uruguay
Brésil
activism
public policy
Kultur
Brasil
cultura
Brasilien
action publique
cross-border
culture
Brazil
activismo
transfronterizo
Aktivismus
öffentliche Aktion
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Summary:Situated at the intersection of research on cultural policy and production and of border studies, this article focuses on the processes at work in the development of both formal and informal cross-border cultural actions. The case of the Brazil-Uruguay borderlands is explored in order to root analysis in a region that has been less studied both in the literature on cultural policy and on borderlands. Alongside institutionalization, the analysis evidences the importance of informal processes expressed through networks of actors and circumvention strategies. Even though the border is crossed by the actors, it still plays a central role as a barrier, as a justification for crossing it, or even as a connecting tissue. Beyond its immediate, tangible presence, the border plays a paradoxical role, between presence and absence, boundary and in-between space, regulation and space for the expression of freedom.
ISSN:2490-9424
2490-9424
DOI:10.4000/bssg.3853