Violão.org: saberes e processos de apreensão/transmissão da música no espaço virtual

Abstract

Currently using specialized sites, people gather in virtual communities that occur on the Internet. Some examples of those virtual communities are forums, bulletins and chats. They have created special ways to work with information in texts, sound and images. In that perspective, what knowledge and processes of apprehension/transmission of music can be revealed in forum Violão.org? That question leads this dissertation to its general objective that is to carry out an exploratory study to reveal knowledge and processes of apprehension/transmission of music developed in the forum Violão.org. Originated in the late 90s of the 20th century, it is the main forum of classical guitar in Brazil. The research has a qualitative character having a case study as methodological option. It contains a bibliography study; elaboration and applying of a questionnaire; interviews with moderators and analysis of a virtual scene as an example for understanding the forum dynamics on knowledge and processes of apprehension/ transmission of music. Data were interpreted being observed the different sources and research procedures. The analysis emerged from the contribution of Music Education scholars that have conducted their studies on new technologies related to apprehension/transmission of music, still considering the experiences of the author with the research object. The first chapter discusses Musical Education, interactive society and cyberspace, and issues related to the interactivity provided by the web as well; the second one presents the forum Violão.org; the third one approaches the base categories for the interpretation. The fourth chapter describes the methodology used for the investigation development and the fifth chapter develops the description and discussion of data collected. The results show that the exploratory exercise on the forum Violão.org has been a way to extend the studies and discussions on knowledge and processes of apprehension/transmission in virtual communities in the area of Musical Education.