Abstract

MALET CALVO, Daniel. Patrimonial revaluation processes in Alfama neighbourhood (Lisbon): the role of Erasmus students in city thematization. Etnográfica [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.1, pp.31-50. ISSN 0873-6561.

Erasmus program students are regarded as social actors involved in medium term transnational mobility, and this feature has consequences on both global meaning production and on the dynamics of local urban processes. Taking it as an object of study within the anthropology of tourism, the dynamics of a group of Erasmus students of Alfama neighbourhood in Lisbon are analyzed. Their differentiation discourses and authenticity production processes have led local entrepreneurs to identify and explore new resources for tourism. Young students, through a particular interpretation of symbolic elements present in Lisbon’s imaginary construction, have renewed the meanings of its sense of place, providing new heritagization processes and social-spatial capitalization in Alfama neighborhood.

Keywords : tourism anthropology; Erasmus program; Alfama; heritagization processes; bairrismo; thematization.

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