Banca de DEFESA: PAULO NICHOLAS MESQUITA LOBO

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : PAULO NICHOLAS MESQUITA LOBO
DATE: 25/02/2021
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Videoconferência
TITLE:

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FORTALEZA/CE TOURIST SHOW: A PROPOSAL FOR URBAN SOCIOLOGY FROM LEFEBVRE AND ELIAS

KEY WORDS:

Tourism; modernity; globalization; urbanism; social dynamics.

PAGES: 217
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Sociologia
SUBÁREA: Sociologia Urbana
SUMMARY:

This thesis is an urban study, built from methodologies that, at first moment, have little dialogue, but which, if conceived in a synthetic way with the object of a case study, end up converging and enabling a better understanding of the analyzed phenomenon and its dynamics peculiar. From these different approaches, Henri Lefebvre's progressive regressive method as an interpretation of the production of spaces and the configurational method proposed by Norbert Elias's sociology, the study was structured in order to answer the following question: what is the direction of the processes that produce the Beira-Mar Avenue in Fortaleza/CE nowadays? The main objective is to carry out the research harmonizing the two theoretical-methodological approaches, making the urban analysis process more adapted to the peculiarities and complexities of this theme, thus demonstrating its viability. After that, other questions arose, expanding the analytical scope of the thesis, which also began to seek to understand and interpret the dynamics and practices that maintain the tourist place; the identification of power relations between the different groups that build this space; the dynamics at the center of power of the local configuration and its influences on the established and outsiders of Beira-Mar; to finally understand the possibilities of production and reproduction of this place. In addition to the announced theoretical-methodological approaches, the research is configured as a case study with the temporal and spatial delimitation during the first stage of the progressive regressive method, covering the months of July and September 2018, with semi-structured interviews being applied until August of 2020. It is worth mentioning that, when there is field research, in addition to interviews, direct observations and a field diary are also needed as methodological support. In the subsequent stages of the Lefebvrian method, there was also the use of documentary survey and bibliographic review with an emphasis on epic literary books from Ceará in order to interpret the world views of the local elite. Depending on the moment of the study, other methodological strategies were added occasionally, with emphasis on the concepts of Magnani (2008) – spot, path and piece – used to better explain the topic addressed. As a final consideration, it can be said that the tested hypothesis, involving the use of the two theoretical-methodological perspectives, proved to be correct, because adding the sociogenesis of Elias, for example, allowed us to understand the modernizing look of the local elite, its peculiar construction, with the paradoxical dialogue with the traditional; as well as the Lefebvrian method provided the necessary structural basis for the research to proceed, following a defined north.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1117908 - MARIA LUCIA BASTOS ALVES
Interno - 1693229 - GILMAR SANTANA
Interna - 185.001.889-87 - LORE FORTES - UFRN
Externa ao Programa - 347943 - RITA DE CASSIA DA CONCEICAO GOMES
Externo à Instituição - LEA CARVALHO RODRIGUES - UFC
Externo à Instituição - WELLINGTON RICARDO NOGUEIRA MACIEL - UECE