BatuCantada: Mulheres na percussão subvertendo o patriarcado musical

Vanessa Ramos de Oliveira Souza; Denise Marcos Bussoletti

doi:10.33871/vortex.2025.13.9951

Authors

Vanessa Ramos de Oliveira Souza Universidade Federal de Pelotas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4636-4574
Denise Marcos Bussoletti Universidade Federal de Pelotas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1399-2534

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33871/vortex.2025.13.9951

Keywords:

BatuCantada, Percussion, Women, Music

Abstract

This article explores the BatuCantada collective, the first carnival bloco and percussion group exclusively formed by women in Pelotas (RS), highlighting its role as a space of resistance and female empowerment. The group promotes the inclusion of women in percussion and values Afro-Brazilian culture, particularly through the tambor de Sopapo, a symbol of resistance of the Black community in southern Rio Grande do Sul (Batista, 2021; Maia, 2008). By addressing the dynamics of musical patriarchy, which marginalizes and objectifies women in music (Camargo, 2020; Green, 2001), the article examines how BatuCantada contributes to the fight for gender equity, advocating for the recognition of women in percussion. The collective also strengthens female empowerment and that of the LGBTQIAPN+ community through workshops, events, and partnerships with samba schools, expanding opportunities and visibility for women in the musical and cultural contexts.

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Author Biographies

Vanessa Ramos de Oliveira Souza, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Master’s student in the Graduate Program in Education (PPGE) at the Federal University of Pelotas - RS, in the Research Line: INSURGENT KNOWLEDGE AND TRANSGRESSIVE PEDAGOGIES. Scholarship holder from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Brazil. Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL), with a specialization in Piano and a focus on Music Education directed towards percussion.

Denise Marcos Bussoletti , Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Currently, she is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Education at the Federal University of Pelotas, where she has been working since 1993. She has held various positions, including Pro-Rector of Extension and Culture. She earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, with a sandwich scholarship at the Institute of Child Studies at the University of Minho (Portugal). She has been affiliated with the Graduate Program in Education (FAE/UFPel) since 2012, coordinates the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Narratives, Art, Language, and Subjectivity, and has been a Tutor for the Tutorial Education Program Fronteiras: Saberes e Práticas Populares since 2012. She has experience in the fields of Education and Psychology, with an emphasis on Social Psychology, focusing mainly on the following topics: popular narratives, childhood, social representations, and social identity.

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