“TUDO NA VIDA É TROCA”: NOTAS ETNOGRÁFICAS SOBRE O INSTITUTO BATO LATA (BAÍA DA TRAIÇÃO-PB)

Abstract

This work discusses the maintenance of the Bato Lata Institute, located in the city of Baía da Traição-PB, where the field research was carried out. With these ethnographic notes, I seek to present what motivates volunteer teachers to donate, what are the problems faced for the perpetuation of the project and how the trajectories of Bato Lato and its creator, Beto Bass, are interconnected. For data collection, I used participant observation in workshops and interviews with three teachers, in addition to Beto Bass himself. With this, I seek to show that despite the low income, Bato Lato is based on the exchange relationships that involve the community of Baía da Traição.