Teoria e Prática em Administração (May 2014)
Dinâmicas de Poder no Campo da Cultura: um estudo sobre a preservação e uso de um patrimônio ferroviário em Arcoverde-PE
Abstract
The research problem refers to the power dynamics among agents regarding the preservation and use of railway assets in Arcoverde, located in the interior of Pernambuco,Brazil. The history of this city also permeates the history of Arcoverde Station. The Station was inaugurated in 1912 and deactivated in 1980, was occupied by a group of artists in 2001 with the purpose of holding cultural activities. These artists have reported precarious situation of the Station’s infrastructure and externalizing the clash in which they are, since the monument, which was originally part of the extinct Federal Railway Network Anonymous Society – RFFSA, with the Law 11.483/2007, became part of the union and currently the Institute of Historic and Artistic, and Patrimony (IPHAN) and the City of Arcoverde, regarding its assignment. However, the artists do not want lose the space that they have been occupying since 2001. This research aimed to answer the following question: how are the power relations established among the agents in the culture field, about the preservation and use of Arcoverde Station? The theoretical and methodological perspective that based the understanding of these relations was Bourdieu’s social field theory due to the fact that it provides necessary concepts to capture those power dynamics. It was concluded that IPHAN behaves according to the game rules, which are imposed by the State. On the other hand, the public administration of Arcoverde city and the Station of Culture Association do not accept the rules imposed by the State, defying the status quo.
