Modernismo Pra Lá e Pra Cá

Abstract

The basic purpose of the series of events entitled “Modernismos pra lá e pracá” is to bring together scholars and intellectuals from the areas of social sciences and humanities in a transatlantic dialogue on the relationships – similarities and disparities – between the Modernist Movements that took place in Brazil and Portugal.

Although particularly focused on the multiple and complex relationship between modernisms and the Portuguese and Brazilian Estado Novos, the meeting aims to promote a contextualized discussion, also opening itself up to contributions that, by exploring other geographies and chronologies, allow clarifying long-term processes and manifestations that, moving away from national situations, acquired global characteristics.

The analysis of the role of the various artistic disciplines – from the visual to the performing arts, including literature and music – in the construction, legitimation and resistance to the para-fascisms in question is still the motto for an essential and current reflection on the place of art and culture in the exercise of critical and active citizenship.

The main objective, when holding this second meeting, is to develop the third meeting in February 2022, coinciding with the centenary of the Week of Modern Art in São Paulo. The sum of the three meetings will turn this scientific-cultural triad into a permanent forum for discussion on issues related to art, culture and citizenship in a democratic environment.