Políticas culturais: avaliação do Centro Cultural Banco do Nordeste

Abstract

The aim of the master’s thesis was to evaluate ‘Banco do Nordeste Cultural Center’ in Fortaleza as a strategy of the bank’s policy for promotion of the culture, since the cultural center is considered as a public locus of production, training, enjoyment and dissemination of cultural goods and services. ‘Banco do Nordeste’ is a public bank for regional development. The factor that distinguishes a development bank from other financial institutions is its mission: to help promote sustainable regional development in the region where it operates. Besides promoting the development of NE (Northeast of Brazil) in various aspects and in various areas and performing its mission as a bank, with its economic-financial functions, one of the actions of the bank is the maintenance of cultural centers, which sets it as a promoter of cultural policies. The problematic origins at this point: How does the offer of products and services of Banco do Nordeste Cultural Center (headquarters Fortaleza) meet the policies established by Banco do Nordeste in order to promote access to culture? There are three Cultural Centers of Banco do Nordeste, two in Ceará: Fortaleza Cultural Center and Cariri Cultural Center; the third one, Souza Cultural Center is in the State of Paraíba. The locus of the research consisted of the Cultural Center in Fortaleza. [...]