‘The festival is ours’: Power dynamics of community participation in the Alter do Chão Film Festival

IF 1.5 2区社会学 Q1 CULTURAL STUDIES

International Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-07 DOI:10.1177/13678779231154288

D. Póvoa

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Abstract

Although festivals are often promoted as opportunities for community empowerment, power dynamics during festival organization might hinder such potential. To discuss this issue, this article examines the Alter do Chão Film Festival (FestAlter), an originally collaborative project in the touristic village of Alter do Chão, Brazil. Through 16 interviews with festival stakeholders, the article unveils the changing power dynamics within the organization of the festival, and how these impacted the event's goals of community participation. I argue that the organization of this event moved from union to rupture among festival stakeholders – a trajectory caused by managerial divergences regarding the meaning of community participation and a lack of understanding of the history, culture and socioeconomic circumstances of Alter do Chão, an Amazonian village marked by enduring legacies of colonial exploitation.

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“电影节是我们的”:社区参与Alter do ch电影节的动力

尽管节日通常被宣传为社区赋权的机会，但节日组织期间的权力动态可能会阻碍这种潜力。为了讨论这个问题，本文考察了Alter do Chão电影节（FestAlter），这是一个最初在巴西Alter do Chão旅游村合作的项目。通过对节日利益相关者的16次采访，文章揭示了节日组织中不断变化的权力动态，以及这些动态如何影响活动的社区参与目标。我认为，这一活动的组织在节日利益相关者之间从联盟走向破裂——这一轨迹是由管理层对社区参与意义的分歧以及对Alter do Chão的历史、文化和社会经济环境缺乏了解造成的，Alter do Chão是一个以殖民剥削的持久遗产为标志的亚马逊村庄。

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International Journal of Cultural Studies Multiple-

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