Empreendedorismo cultural: estudo de caso de um grupo de carimbó no município de Parauapebas (Pará)

Abstract

This work addresses the theme of cultural entrepreneurship, by carimbó group for economic sustainability in Parauapebas, it is a case study carried out with the Instituto de Expressão Cultural Retumbá. The objective of this research was to analyze the possibilities and opportunities for raising funds that a carimbó group identifies for the maintenance of culture through its cultural actions in the municipality. A genuinely Pará culture in a municipality with very different miscegenation, as well as what challenges the group faces to maintain itself economically. For this purpose, an exploratory and descriptive research was carried out, of a qualitative and quantitative nature, with the application of a questionnaire to 23 members and 8 managers of the researched institution. This questionnaire was divided into three parts. In the first one, we sought to identify the sociodemographic profile of the members and managers; in the second part, the objective was to verify the perception of the members and managers regarding cultural entrepreneurship and fundraising through cultural projects, and in the third part, it analyzed the perception of the interviewees regarding the understanding and knowledge about the laws of incentive for the culture. After the content analysis and the data crossing, it was found, as general results, that the actions of valorization of the carimbó culture in the municipality, are still very dependent on the support of public agencies specifically through the public notice of cultural projects, as well as, for the group to have access to the public notices, there is a lack of knowledge and greater interest in the elaboration of projects. There was also little appreciation of the culture by the local population. The group's managers pointed out ways to make the group economically viable, and that carimbó has economic potential in the municipality. This study made it possible to obtain knowledge about the importance of carrying out cultural projects for the sustainability of the groups, as well as the need for training and development of people from the cultural environment of carimbó to raise funds in the public and private spheres, since such actions enable the maintenance of this rich cultural manifestation in the municipality.