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Welcome to CeMoRe visitor Camila Moraes

Date: 28 September 2015

CeMoRe is very pleased to welcome Camila Maria dos Santos Moraes who will be visiting CeMoRe and Sociology for the 2015-16 academic year.  She will be in Bowland North B118 phone 94732 so please do drop by and say hello.

Visiting Student in the PHD Sociology Program at Lancaster University under John Urry's supervision with the research project entitled 'Ecological Slums? Environmental concerns and tourism mobilities in Rio de Janeiro favelas'. PhD student in History, Politics and Culture, Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Brazil (2013-2017). Previous Degrees: Masters in Social Sciences, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Brazil (2009-2011). Specialist in Urban Sociology, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Brazil (2008-2009). Bachelor in Tourism - Federal State University of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Brazil (2003-2007). Activities: Lecturer in the Tourism and Heritage Department at Federal State University of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Research interests: favelas, environment, culture and tourism

Current Research - “Ecological Slums? Environmental concerns and tourism mobilities in Rio de Janeiro favelas”

In the past 20 years, important theorists have discussed 'green movements' in rich societies, those societies that have already surpassed the basic struggles for rights, but it is important to study how environmental questions are being debated in emerging countries amongst the poor and their effects. In my PhD research, I am investigating favelas (shanty towns) in Rio de Janeiro which have been turned into eco-tourist attractions mainly due to the fact that they are located within environmental preservation areas where local residents are leading ecological projects. This is rather peculiar if one notes that in Brazil favelas are usually classified as risk areas and/or environmental problems. The main question that I am attempting to address in my PhD thesis is why favela dwellers, living in precarious territories which are often considered as ecological problems by society at large, are devoting material and symbolic resources to environmental issues and raising  a ‘green flag’ in those areas. In addition, I am seeking to understand the uses and effects of those ecological projects on the shaping os these favelas as tourist destinations and the impact that those new mobilities have on resident’s daily lives.

Further information

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Associated departments and research centres: Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe), Mobilities.Lab, Sociology

Keywords: Brazil, Housing and health, Mobilities, Poverty, Society