Brazilian Mobilities

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Moving On: How Mobile is Tourism Research on Transport in Brazil; 2. The Mobilities of the Favela and the Social Life of Souvenirs; 3. Green Favelas: Past, Present, and Futures of Favela Tourism in Rio de Janeiro; 4. Rio de Janeiro’s Mobilities After COR: Social Impacts of a Smart City Initiative; 5. "I Live Here, But I’ve Never Been Inside It": Narratives on Social Tourism of the Homeless Population in the Metropolitan Area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 6. Vulnerabilities in Movement: Experiences from the Research Project "I Exist and Move"; 7. The Use of Geographic Information System (GIS) for the Promotion of Citizenship Through the Improvement of the Conditions of Accessibility in Urban Spaces: An Application of the Project Ponto Certo; 8. Urban Mobility and Citizenship in Brazil: Advances in the Legal Framework; 9. It is More "Pokemón" than "Go"? New Mobilities Paradigm in Locative Games; 10. Advertising Discourse from the Perspective of the New Mobilities Paradigm; 11. #BHNASRUAS: Mobile Journalism During the June Journeys; 12. The Internet as a Facilitator of Mobilities in Rural Areas; 13. Why Are We Writing and Speaking in English? Coloniality of Academic Communication and Its Uneven Mobilities.

About the author

Maria Alice de Faria Nogueira is a lecturer at Universidade Estácio de Sá (UNESA, Brazil). She is also National Coordinator of Social Communications Undergraduate Courses–Creative Economies Department at the same institution. Her research focuses on the interconnection of (im)mobility, communication, advertising and marketing.
Camila Maria dos Santos Moraes is a Tourism and Sociology Professor at Rio de Janeiro University (UNIRIO), where she coordinates the TurisData-RJ: Data base on Rio de Janeiro Tourism Reality and the Observatory of Favela Tourism.

Summary

Brazilian Mobilities presents an overview of the diversity of Mobility studies developed in Brazil, it builds a picture of a strong Latin-American perspective emerging in the field of mobilities research, which provides unique insight into the complex dynamics of mobilities in the emerging countries from the Global South.

Product details

• Authors: Maria (Universidade Estacio De De Faria Nogueira, Maria Alice (Universidade Estac De Faria Nogueira, Maria Dos Santos Moraes De Faria Nogueira
• Assisted by: Maria De Faria Nogueira (Editor), Maria Alice de Faria Nogueira (Editor), MARIA ALICE (Universidade Estacio de Sa DE FARIA NOGUEIRA (Editor), Camila dos Santos Moraes (Editor), Camila Maria dos Santos Moraes (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780367172770
• ISBN: 978-0-367-17277-0
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: Changing Mobilities
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Brazil, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social Mobility, Urban communities, Tourism industry, Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries, Urban communities / city life