Roda de rua: notas etnográficas a respeito do jogo da capoeira enquanto fenômeno sociocultural urbano

Abstract

The text addresses the Capoeira Roda de Rua, Brazilian culture, socio-cultural phenomenon as urban, democratic space for movement of learning, with the primary source the ethnographic record of notes made from an experience of 30 years of practice that culture in several capoeira in Brazil and the world, involving the perception and understanding of many aspects and traditions of Capoeira. The article includes the theoretical contributions of Foucault (2004), Goldenberg (2005), Oliveira (2003), Silva (2005), Vasconcelos (2006) among others points and stands in favor of the formative potential of popular cultural practices as educational praxis informally.