Migrant entrepreneurship, value-creation practices and urban transformation in São Paulo, Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v13i1.1538

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Empreendedorismo, Gastronomia, Hospitalidade, Migração, Turismo urbano.

Abstract

This paper examines the entrepreneurial practices of migrants, including refugees, establishing and operating businesses providing food, hospitality, leisure, tourism and events-related services and experiences. Drawing on empirical data gathered in São Paulo, Brazil, the study conceptualises how migrants create cultural ‘goods’ (encompassing material objects, services and experiences), which have been subjected to valuation processes. The paper considers the practices through which migrants mobilise identities, histories, and culturally-specific knowledge as resources in constructing experiential propositions. Moreover, we distinguish between five sets of practices: objectification of self; aestheticisation of otherness; authentication of place-specific food experiences; constructing hospitality venues as cultural spaces; and vitrine-ing (creating platforms for showcasing migrant talent). We discuss the potential consequences of these practices for migrants, consumers, urban environments and their residents, and identify avenues for future research.

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Author Biographies

Peter Lugosi, Oxford Brookes University

Reader at the Oxford School of Hospitality Management, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom. Peter has researched and published on a wide range of subjects including customer experiences, migration and migrant labour issues, parenting cultures, research methods, and organisational behaviour. Peter co-founded the Hospitality & Society journal, and he is currently the Controversies and Reviews Editor. He serves on a number of journal editorial boards including the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Tourism Research, Journal of Destination Marketing and Management, and Annals of Leisure Research.

Thiago Allis, University of São Paulo

Assistant professor at School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH), at University of São Paulo, Brazil. His scholarly and research interests include urban tourism, regional and urban planning, and tourism mobilities. Thiago has lead and participated in several research and outreach projects funded by Brazilian and international agencies, with tourism, urban planning, mobilities and migration as subjects. After a stay in East Timor as an invited lecturer in 2012, Thiago started to combine tourism and (post-)conflict in his academic activities.

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2019-03-01

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Lugosi, P., & Allis, T. (2019). Migrant entrepreneurship, value-creation practices and urban transformation in São Paulo, Brazil. Revista Brasileira De Pesquisa Em Turismo, 13(1), 141–163. https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v13i1.1538