A construção social da da maestria: um estudo dos mestres ceramistas da Bahia

Abstract

The field of social manager concerns an area of study in which interdisciplinary, thinking, tensions, challenges, complexity of demands, diversity of actors in the process of dialogue and interaction within and between organizations and institutions, all these aspects require skills and specific profile of managers. Knowledge and skills are needed for a positive social activities and interventions that are sensitive to the challenges, dedicated to excellence in results and achieving objectives. As we seek to understand about such knowledge and skills, under the principle that the craftsmanship is a lifestyle, a basic human drive and constant, the desire for a job well done by himself and which covers a much broader spectrum that work derived from manual skills (SENNETT, 2009), we went in search of master craftsmen ceramic of Bahia as a focus of study to elucidate the question. Recognizing that mastery is a social construction credited to those who have certain knowledge and skills institutionally legitimated, were systematized knowledge attributed to the master craftsmen, capable of abstraction to these social managers and other professionals "artisans" of their knowledge and practices. The question of skills and the profile of managers are social issues in the agenda for discussion. This research is based on the interpretive study methodology, where the discourse analysis subsidizes the information collected in the process. From a network of informants, woven by experts in the sector of ceramic crafts in Bahia and institutional publications arising from instances of public organizations, civil society and academia, had raised the key information sustaining this empirical research. These informants also led us to three master ceramic that we analyze and present a brief history of life and their experiences as managers of their masters. As a contribution we bring to reflection the social construction of mastery, the repercussions for research on the skills and practices of social managers.