Chico Santana (Francisco de Assis Santana Mestrinel)
Chico Santana is coordinator of LAPER (Laboratory of Percussion and Rhythmics) in Federal University of Paraíba, where he is professor. He is bachelor in popular music and has doctorate degree by State University of Campinas (Brazil) in partnership with University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (Germany); develops researches in Popular Music, Transcultural Music Studies, ethnomusicology, music education and performance, focused on popular percussion, rhythmics, groove, "batucada", embodiment, collective learning and decolonial pedagogies. Researcher, educator and performer, Chico has published didactic books in Projeto Guri (São Paulo, Brazil), has taught in State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and Conservatório de Música Popular de Itajaí. Frequently he gives classes in Brazil, Latin America and Europe. Currently, Chico is developing a post doctoral research at UFPB. He acts in several music ensembles of João Pessoa, São Paulo, Campinas and Berlin as percussionist, composer and musical director, and has played in Cuba, Argentina, Germany, Croatia, Belgium, Switzerland and Spain, moving through different musical styles.
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reflection on a Brazilian cultural phenomenon quite present in different
parts of the world: The batucada, a collective percussion practice (drumming), usually associated with the musical genre of samba and Brazilian
carnival. But what makes this kind of drumming so fascinating? What
does it have to „infect” people in different countries and cultures? And
how do people perceive and relate to batucada outside Brazil?
Teaching Documents by Chico Santana (Francisco de Assis Santana Mestrinel)
Books by Chico Santana (Francisco de Assis Santana Mestrinel)
Conference Presentations by Chico Santana (Francisco de Assis Santana Mestrinel)
reflection on a Brazilian cultural phenomenon quite present in different
parts of the world: The batucada, a collective percussion practice (drumming), usually associated with the musical genre of samba and Brazilian
carnival. But what makes this kind of drumming so fascinating? What
does it have to „infect” people in different countries and cultures? And
how do people perceive and relate to batucada outside Brazil?