Cultural mediation and the references of memory and identity evidenced in the performances and musical compositions of Arnaldo Almeida

Abstract

Objective: to evidence traces of memory and identity in the narratives and musical productions of the bahian composer, Arnaldo Almeida, which show contributions in the process of cultural mediation.

Methods: As for the methodology, this research is characterized as descriptive, whose method adopted was the case study, being investigated documents produced by musician and composer Arnaldo Almeida, as well as its narrative, through the interview technique, the possibility of verifying the identity and memorialistic relations in the mediating action.

Results: Among the results, it was identified that Arnaldo Almeida has, in addition to the practice, perceptions about music, and its representativeness, which gives it a possibility to perform a conscious cultural mediation. It is also possible to relate and understand that Arnaldo Almeida's artistic production has an interlace of memory and identity expressed through music, which result in cultural mediation actions.

Conclusions: It is concluded that, through the evocation of memorialistic and identity remains, music is considered a representative device of culture that, in an integral way, favors the process of identity constitution of the subjects and preservation of memory traces.