Monsters, Bottle Rockets, Bamboos, Balls and the Utmost Depth: enchantments in performances of a streetwise youth

Abstract: This article is dedicated to scrutinizing some images and objects produced within a universe of marginalized youth cultures. Given the high flow of youngsters among these cultures, these practices are here understood as a network. Such network involves piXação (graffiti tagging), torcidas organizadas (soccer supporters’ groups, i.e. hooligans, ultras, etc.), bate-bolas (bat-balls, masked carnival clowns) and bailes funk (favela funk parties). They were consequently analyzed with an approach that is interested in the studies of the imaginary, and in their relations with anthropology, philosophy and psychology; the monsters that give name to the sound crews of the bailes funk, the bamboos used by the torcidas organizadas, the balls/balloons swung by the bate-bolas, the weapon-allegory ambivalence of rojões (bottle rockets), and the image of the fundão (utmost depth).摘要：本文旨在审视青年边缘文化圈层中生成的各类图像与实物。鉴于该类文化中青年群体的高流动性，此类实践在此被视作一个网络体系。该网络涵盖涂鸦标记（piXação，即graffiti tagging）、有组织球迷团体（torcidas organizadas，即足球球迷助威团，涵盖足球流氓、极端球迷组织等）、面具狂欢小丑（bate-bolas，即masked carnival clowns）以及贫民窟放克派对（bailes funk，即favela funk parties）。随后，本文采用聚焦于想象研究的研究路径，并结合其与人类学、哲学、心理学的关联展开分析：包括为贫民窟放克派对音响团队命名的怪物形象、有组织球迷团体使用的竹制道具、面具狂欢小丑挥舞的球具或气球、兼具武器隐喻与双重属性的冲天炮（rojões，即bottle rockets），以及"深渊"（fundão，即utmost depth）的意象。