Description
This project aims to develop a website for female music producers in the State of Pernambuco
to promote the integration of these women with the market and each other. They may register
themselves as users and offer their services through it. The website works as a search engine,
allowing searches by the professional's name, occupation, or place of residence. When
someone chooses a specific producer, her profile is displayed, including a brief resumé, skills,
experiences, direct contact, and personal links from social networks. The main goal is to
create a space where they can showcase their work, favoring connections between market
demand and female labor supply. Along with the associated social networks, Mapa das Minas
also works as a space for mediated communication, disseminating and republishing news, job
opportunities, information about the sector, and training courses opportunities. Our hypothesis
is that the performance of these professionals, social agents in the artistic field, is marked by
the reproduction of inequality and the invisibility of gender, evidenced by the lack of
opportunities, appreciation, and disparity in working conditions. Thus, creating such a digital
environment aims to reduce these asymmetries. We adopted three methodological procedures:
documentary research, qualitative interview, and participant observation. The documentary
research included theoretical sources for constructing female gender stereotypes and the
music production industry, considering existing research and data collected on the sector.
Conducting interviews with professionals from Pernambuco contributed to understanding
these women working environment, considering the motivations, difficulties, and expectations
regarding their work in the music industry. Finally, the researcher's participant observation
contributed to the corpus of the qualitative research, determining the selection of the
interviewees and the analysis within the project's goals.
