Cultural Concentration: Why Can We Say that, in Brazil, Investment in Culture is More Concentrated than GDP?

Abstract

In Brazil, when we talk about inequality, we usually associate the term with the poor distribution of income among the population or else with the imbalance of wealth between certain regions and states. One type of inequality, however, is constantly overlooked: investment inequality in culture. This article seeks to present the reader with the concentrating character of the Rouanet Law, which, based on mercantilist logic, privileges the Rio and São Paulo cities in an unbalanced way when promoting cultural projects.

Keywords

• cultural policies; rouanet law; cultura viva program; inequality.