Descripción del proyecto
Turistificación y creación de un nuevo entorno laboral
Esta investigación se centra en dos contextos —Lisboa en Portugal y Goa en India— donde los jóvenes se enfrentan a un redesarrollo urbano exponencial, el cambio climático y el capitalismo intensificado por las economías basadas en el turismo. Las medidas de austeridad en Portugal y la dependencia del turismo en Goa han hecho que los jóvenes hayan tenido que emigrar a buscar trabajo a otros lugares. Sin embargo, muchos otros se quedan y trabajan en el sector del turismo. Esta investigación tiene como finalidad comprender cómo afrontan los jóvenes este entorno, a la vez que se hacen espacio para sí mismos: resistir mientras se existe. Considerará los posibles conflictos y entrelazamientos entre las culturas laborales de los jóvenes, las consideraciones de cara al futuro y la relación con un sentimiento de pertenencia. El proyecto utilizará un enfoque de casos prácticos interculturales que se explorarán a través de la etnografía crítica.
Objetivo
This research focuses on how within two contexts –in the Global North in Lisbon, and in the Global South in Goa – young people negotiate landscapes of touristification and neoliberalisation that relate to their futures. Exponential urban redevelopment, climate change and heightened capitalism manifest in both places through changes made to accommodate an economy focused on tourism-boosting. Austerity in Portugal, and a boost to tourism-centred jobs in Goa has resulted in young people leaving in search of jobs elsewhere. However, a large portion continue to stay back in these geographies and are employed by the tourism industry which paradoxically gentrifies them. This research will aim to understand how young people make sense of their futures through new, gig economies in rapidly changing job landscapes, whilst simultaneously making space for themselves by negotiating this very environment - they therefore resist while also existing. It will consider potential conflicts and shared understandings, while making sense of the entanglements of youth job cultures, future considerations, and the relationship to a sense of place. Sharing a history, albeit of colonialism, (Portugal colonised Goa from 1510 until 1961 after which the latter was taken over by India) makes for a novel perspective of Global North-South as well as a post-colonial dynamic which is missing from existing knowledge. The project will use a cross-cultural case study approach, with qualitative research methods in line with critical ethnography. The project will be strengthened by the multi-disciplinary background of the researcher in sociology and geography, alongside contribution from other disciplinary perspectives through researchers at the host institution. It aims to create both academic outputs as well as material and content for public engagement and dissemination.
Ámbito científico
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
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H2020-WF-01-2018
Régimen de financiación
MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EFCoordinador
1600 189 Lisboa
Portugal