About me
Musicultura is a participatory action research group in ethnomusicology, coordinated by professor Samuel Araújo, created between 2003 and 2004 in a partnership between the ethnomusicology laboratory of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and CEASM (Center for studies and solidary actions in Maré). Based on the principles of knowledge production proposed by theorists such as Paulo Freire and Orlando Fals Borda, with the participation of residents of Maré, high school students, teachers and students from UFRJ, the group has remained present and active in social struggles in Rio de Janeiro, especially those that directly affect the populations of slum areas of the city, and its work has inspired the adoption of similar experiences in other parts of Brazil and abroad .The current members of the group are: Fanner Horta, Gustavo Monção, Isabela Albor, João da Cunha, Maria Luiza Seabra, Mateus Sonegheti and Pedro Fadel and Samuel Araújo.