New institutional arrangements and DIY culture: The role of creative economy in the dissemination of culture in the city of Rio de Janeiro 1

Abstract

The following article aims to discuss the emergence of new institutional arrangements, aligned with independent practices and DIY (do-it-yourself) culture, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. To this end, the text shows the results of long-term research which observed how cultural policies, guided by the concept of the creative economy, enabled the emergence of new spaces for culture dissemination in the city. In addition, it seeks to understand concrete strategies and practices present in specific case studies of new institutional arrangements, that is, independent culture spaces located in two different regions of the city of Rio de Janeiro. For this article, interviews were conducted with curators and institutional arrangement managers, in addition to a qualitative analysis of the way the networks are used to verify new patterns of dissemination and monetization of the activities carried out by these spaces.