Author, as appears in the article.: Eugenia Altamirano, Maria;
Department: Geografia
URV's Author/s: Altamirano, Maria Eugenia
Keywords: Urban poverty Social change Slum tourism Poverty tourism Performative turn Favela tourism City Autoethnography
Abstract: This paper provides an autoethnographic account through tourist favela Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro. It aims to grasp the role of tourists' practices and performances and their potential to re-signify and transform the physical, social, and cultural landscape of slummed communities at urban destinations. Tourism in informal urban settlements is a phenomenon studied from different disciplines and perspectives, mainly covering representational and ethical issues. The paper incorporates insights from the Performative Turn and relational studies to guide the author's reflection over her cultural experience as a favela tourist/researcher. These stories compound the myriad of heterogeneous elements making and shaping the favelas' complex and dynamic assemblages. They also unveil multiple underlying issues that could be further analyzed from different scopes. Finally, favela tourism is seen as an avenue to foster social change. Autoethnography was first being applied to slum tourism research, and it proved to be a useful method to embrace the subjectivities of the field.
Thematic Areas: Transportation Tourism, leisure and hospitality management Sociologia i política Nature and landscape conservation Hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism Geography, planning and development General o multidisciplinar Economia Cultural studies Ciencias sociales
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 1476-6825
Author's mail: mariaeugenia.altamirano1@estudiants.urv.cat mariaeugenia.altamirano1@estudiants.urv.cat
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Journal Of Tourism And Cultural Change. 20 (1-2): 286-303
APA: Eugenia Altamirano, Maria; (2022). Gringa tales in favela Santa Marta. Journal Of Tourism And Cultural Change, 20(1-2), 286-303. DOI: 10.1080/14766825.2021.1953513
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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