Circuito de festas de música “alternativa” na área central de São Paulo: cidade, corporalidades, juventude

Resumo (EN)

We present the circuit cartography of “alternative”
music parties, which has been occupying spaces in the
central areas of São Paulo city and carried out by young
collectives that act in the cultural production field of
the city. By bringing this party circuit to light, we seek
to understand political economy aspects of musicalmediatic
production on the mainstream borders, as
well as life styles, youth practices and imaginaries in
urban cultures. We use the ethnography at parties
as methodology, with observation and interviews
with the organizers and attendees , as well as the
analysis of groups and parties sites/fanpages in their
verbal, sound and imagery content , to understand
their youthful , aesthetic and political identities.
Some of the results already indicate that in this circuit
parties there is the pursuit of Afro-Latin musical
and cultural matrices (Brazilian, Caribbean, African
music); a mixture of global aesthetics with traditional
musicalities in dancing rhythms; the actuation of
young people engaged on life styles and consumption
connected with an “alternative ethos” which evidences
itself through musical, clothing and food preferences,
political postures.
Keywords: Alternative music. Afrolatinity. Youth.