Tourism in the Amazon: ressignification of cultural practices and of conflicts in the Manaus region

• Grant number: 12/13714-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: August 01, 2013
• End date: September 22, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Sociology
• Principal Investigator: Lúcia da Costa Ferreira
• Grantee: Maria Teresa Manfredo
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/12390-0 - Places, tourism and deterritorialization of culture: a case study in Tupé Reserve, Manaus - AM, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

This research aims to study the social relations that involve two areas of the Amazon rainforest, which has developed tourist activities for the international public (Tupé Reserve and region of lakes, in Careiro Castanho-AM. This is a study of case which we intend to reflect on the theme of the recent transformations in a globalized world, especially regarding to the discussion of the dialectic of cultural authenticity. The main objective is to analyze the networks that are established between the local and the global in the contemporary world and its impact on the cultural dynamics of riverines and indigenous people. The main hypothesis is that the processes of globalization of culture entail heterogeneous effects in different locations and are experienced in different ways. As it is probable that they are constant the effects of homogenization of local cultures, globalized flows can also cause resistance processes or creative reappropriation of elements of an internationally popular culture, leading to appreciation, recreation, or ressignification of local cultures, and of conflicts. This discussion includes an analytical description of tourism in the region, its context in the contemporary world in, both, local and global context. Some theoretical issues involved refer to the concepts of globalization of culture, modernity, tradition, arena, conflict. The project proposes discussing the literature on the subject and also to carry out fieldwork, in order to capture important variables for understanding the research problem.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

MANFREDO, Maria Teresa. Tourism in the Amazon: cultural elements, conflicts and imageries involving the Manaus region. 2017. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas Campinas, SP.