O Fluxo da informação na produção musica do mestre João do Boi da oralidade ao registro físico

Abstract

The study focused on the musical production of one of the most important characters in the samba chula culture of Recôncavo Bahia, Master João do Boi. To develop the work, issues related to the concepts of culture, orality, memory and tradition were addressed, themes that permeate the life and work of the aforementioned master of popular culture. There was an initial concern about how the transmission of traditional customs and cultural knowledge between peers in a given oral-based community is increasingly fluid. There was also a concern to highlight how this knowledge has been lost among younger generations, which was a great incentive for the development of this research. It was considered that to address the central theme of the work, it was essential to hold discussions in the field of Information Science (IC), as the community of São Braz - Santo Amaro - Bahia and, precisely, Mestre João do Boi are immersed in these concepts enhancing the study within the Postgraduate Program in Information Science at the Federal University of Bahia (PPGCI/UFBA), that is, information. In seeking to understand how the change in the recording of musical productions and traditional knowledge involving Master João do Boi occurred, previously practiced orally, then moving to physical and digital recording, observing the flow and dissemination of information, The entire narrative path of the work was designed, with the general objective of developing and presenting the flow of Master João do Boi's musical production, which was first oral and then physical and digital. The specific objectives were: to carry out a survey of the musical production of master João do Boi; record the temporal trajectory of the Master's cultural practices, which began to be carried out in physical and/or digital format and, finally, trace an informational flow of the Master's musical production, based on the practice of orality. Aspects extracted from Applied Social Sciences, together with historical contextualization, on issues involving discussions about the creation of Samba, studies on Samba Chula and the life of Master João do Boi, served to reflect on the gains and losses that advances in digital technologies promote in contemporary society. The methodology used to achieve the expected results came from a case study, with a qualitative approach. Aiming to characterize the phenomenon studied, a descriptive research was developed and the data collection techniques were interviews and direct observation. During the entire process of writing the work, bibliographic and documentary (phonographic) research was carried out. The data analyzes were inspired by the ethnographic method due to the fact that it is a study of the culture and behavior of a certain cultural agent (the master). The results were widely discussed and demonstrated through tables constituting the works in which Master João do Boi participated, answering the questions raised at the beginning of the work. Furthermore, at the end of this dissertation, we also have the opening of perspectives for new approaches within Information Science, mainly those that intersect with themes involving Culture.