1st Rap and Repente National Meeting: in search of a rime between identity and alterity

Abstract

The change in processes of Identi-
ty is part of a more complex change in society.
We thus emphasize Identity as a movement of
transformation apprehended as a process, not as
a fixed point of elaboration. Another discussion
concerning cultural identities focuses on the mo-
vement of “hybridization”, which based on the
conflict between cultural loans and contacts calls
for a reflection on Identity and Difference. The
example of the 1st Rap and Repente National Me-
eting will thus be used to analyze how Identity is
produced by social inter-relations, the reports of
rappers and repente poets on the meeting will be
used to consider the proposals of cultural poli-
cies by the Ministry of Culture which anticipate
communication bridges between different cultu-
res, but disregard the aspects of cultural difference
and diversity.