The imaginary of a tourist: relationships between photography and memory

• Grant number: 10/07961-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: July 01, 2010
• End date: February 28, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Photography
• Principal Investigator: Iara Lis Franco Schiavinatto
• Grantee: Lívia Afonso de Aquino
• Host Institution: Instituto de Artes (IA). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The aim of this project is to examine a production of images that reveals the relationship between photography and memory construction in tourism, taking into account the social imaginary that the photograph is an artifact, that is, reading the tourist's understanding and the observation of his social life. (AU)