The professionalization of cultural management in Argentina: interview and qualitative documents

More than forty years ago, the cultural sector gained importance in a context of changes that resulted in transformations in socio-cultural policies. As a consequence, a process of professionalization of cultural agents began through actions, both educational and political, aimed at the consolidation of a cultural manager with specific expertise and academic training. On this line, we initiated a research (which is in its final stage) with the aim of analyzing the processof professionalization of cultural management in higher education in Argentina. From a qualitative theoretical-methodological perspective, we focused on the institutions and their members (those responsible for the coordination of careers and graduates).In this article we problematize the potentialities present in the use of various approaches to collect and construct data. The interview and the analysis of documentary sources are pertinent to achieve a deep understanding of the phenomenon to be studied. We will see how this look helps to deepen this process of professionalization of cultural management in Argentina.