STUDIES BASED ON THE PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ORGANIZATION OF POPULAR FESTIVALS IN BRAZIL

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the contributions of studies based on the perspective of practice to understand the organization of popular festivals in Brazil. Popular festivals are cultural heritage of the country and have the potential to promote social and economic development. Under the lens of the studies of practice, we concentrate the analysis on the carnival parade, the celebration of the Congado and the June gang. As a result, the contributions of the epistemology of practice allow us to understand the organizational practices that structure popular festivals, the constructive elements that maintain the practices, the set of social actors in their real organizational context. Thus, we present as a theoretical contribution the different perspectives of practice and the possibility of these strands in the understanding of the organization of popular festivals, directing future research in the field of Organizational Studies and Administration, especially in the diversity of present festivals.