Pontos de Cultura enquanto movimento social: uma pesquisa netnográfica

Using as a starting point the creation of a network of Cultural Spots as a public politics, this article aims to investigate the possible configuration of it as a social movement. To do so, it has been realized a bibliographic research on classical and contemporary theories about social movements, in order to address adequately the inclusion of this issue in the specific field of investigation. Moreover, it has been done a netnography through the insertion of the researcher’s e-mail into a representative list in which participate several cultural actors tied to Points of Culture of the state Sao Paulo. Beyond this list it has been analyzed forums, encounters, meetings, groups and interviews with network articulators. From the analysis made, can be concluded that the network of the Culture Spots sustain a significant potential to catalyze expanding social movements. In this process, the digital culture and the free software play a prominent role. Keywords Social Movement. Points of Culture. Netnography.