Roots, drums and fruits

the art school of the instituto cultural tambor de raiz, Conceição da Barra/ES

Abstract

This dissertation focuses on an art school in the municipality of Conceição da Barra, located in the north of Espírito Santo and encompassing the territory known as Sapê do Norte. Based on the territory, local culture and history, I analyze the motivations for the existence of an art school in the municipality, as well as the target audience for the activities of the institution that houses the school. The qualitative research uses the school and components of the Tambor de Raiz Cultural Institute as a source of data collection according to the assumptions of Meihy (2015). The important concepts for this research revolve around memory and history, for this, we focus on theoretical references by Ecléa Bosi (1994), Halbwachs (2003) and Le Goff (1990). Given that we are dealing with issues of ancestral communities, we use Kabelenge Munganga (2004) and Inaicyra dos Santos (2008) as support. Based on the materials collected and the structured research, some factors appear to be important in this study. Collective memory is formed from common interests, relationships and memories (Roots); identity is formed from recognition among people and the transmission of knowledge through popular wisdom. These pillars provide the basis for this study and also for the formation of the Art School of the Tambor de Raiz Cultural Institute, and no less important, resistance, which permeates all areas of the school's formation. This resistance is historical in the region, symbolized by the Sapê grass and the Drums, in the ongoing fight against cultural erasure and territorial appropriation, contextualizing the School of Arts (Frutos) as a space for resistance and identity construction.