Abstract

SIMONETTI, Paula. Socio-cultural policies:. Cuad. antropol. soc. [online]. 2022, n.56, pp.71-84.  Epub Nov 10, 2022. ISSN 1850-275X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.34096/cas.i56.11360.

From a critical perspective, this article raises a set of problems identified in the field of socio-cultural policies in Uruguay, particularly within the cycle of progressive governments (2005-2020). In this sense, it contributes to critically rethinking the sustainability of these strategies, taking into account the risks of ascribing to a rhetoric of the socioeconomic impacts of culture; the precarious working conditions of those who work daily in these policies; the subordination of cultural policies to the agendas of social development and education organizations and institutions; and some of the challenges that commonly emerge in processes based on the participation of low-income and precarious sectors. This paper is based on extensive fieldwork carried out in Montevideo and Paysandú between 2016 and 2020, which included observations in work spaces and interviews with cultural workers enrolled in socially oriented cultural policies and programs.

Keywords : Sociocultural policies; Cultural policies; Social inclusion; Sustainability; Cultural work.

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