BERNARDINO, Virgílio Manuel Pereira    ROCHA, Márcio Mendes. Mobilities, trade and consumption at Leiria fair: conflicts of a temporary centrality. []. , 99, pp.101-117. ISSN 0430-5027.  https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis3217.

Fairs are manifestations of human life in public spaces, and allow us to understand the movements of workers and consumers in open-air markets. This article discusses certain elements of temporary centrality of the Leiria fair, as well as the dialectic nature of the social phenomena that underlie these socioeconomic and spatial practices. The research methodology adopts quantitative and qualitative criteria. Based on interviews with vendors and consumers, user volume surveys, photos and thematic maps, we wish to contri­bute to broaden the knowledge on the Leiria fair universe. The results show that the fairs that take place in Leiria are relevant as supply and consumption centres for the town, given the large number of consumers who patronise it. Thus, it can be said that the temporary centrality created by the fair is built on different scales: intra-urban and interurban

: Mobility; trade; consumption; fair; temporary centrality; Leiria; Portugal.

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