Por uma Cidade Brincante: coletivos culturais e ações com jogos na cidade de São Paulo.

Abstract

This is a study which has as its theme the game in the context of the city. The game is understood as a universal and cultural manifestation, insofar as it is present and repeated in any human existence and at the same time it carries with itself particular traits imprinted by each culture. The city is understood as a collective work, the material base where the urban life happens. At present there is a movement in large urban centers of consolidation of cultural collectives that fight for the appropriation and resignification of urban public spaces. In this context, this research aims to investigate the constitution, organization and performance of cultural collectives organized around actions with games in the context of the São Paulo city. For this, it uses field and documentary research, using semi-structured interviews. Four cultural collectives were part of the research, which focus on actions with games in public spaces of the city: “Aqui que a gente brinca”; “Brincantes Urbanos”; “Caravana Lúdica de Jogos Tradicionais do Mundo”; “Central dos Jogos”. The four collectives under analysis were formed in the last five years and they perform occupations with games in public spaces such as squares, streets and parks, in the search for appropriation of these spaces in an affective and playful way. At the heart of their actions is the defense of the connection between the city and the playful dimension of human beings, of a more playing city.