Mobility, immobility and a-mobility

to discuss Tourism in COVID-19 times

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v15i1.2144

Keywords:

Tourism, Mobility, Immobility, A-Mobility, COVID-19

Abstract

Mobility has been revisited in recent years, associated with the themes of space, time, territory and place, but rarely involving Tourism, more directly. Analyzing Tourism under the mobility bias, broadens its theoretical scope, among others, by allowing to add to it the concepts of immobility and a-mobility. In these terms, this article aims to discuss the relations between Tourism and the triad Mobility, Immobility and A-mobility, reviewed against the backdrop of the Covid-19 Pandemic and the issues of social isolation associated with it. To this end, it introduces the concept of a-mobility, using the figure of the Paroptic as a metaphor. The investigation procedures resume a review carried out in databases, last June, using the terms <Tourism>, <Tourism>, <Coronavirus> and <Covid-19>, when the absence of the mobility issue was observed, in the corpus resulting from the initial review. At the present time, the question of mobility is taken up again. It is going that during the Pandemic and its immediate aftermath there was a crisis of and in mobility, dramatically affecting tourist practices. The crisis implies that displacements will gain new form and content in the near future, without abandoning mobility.

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Author Biographies

Felipe De Sá, University of Caxias do Sul (UCS), Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil.

He graduated in Tourism from the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS), and holds a Master’s degree in Tourism and Hospitality from the University of Caxias do Sul, with CNPQ / PROSUC Scholarship. His main research topics: Tourism, Culture, Mobility, Territory and Souvenir.

Susana Gastal, University of Caxias do Sul (UCS), Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil.

She holds a Ph.D. in Social Communication from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) (2002), a Master’s degree in Visual Arts from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) (1995), and graduated in Social Communication from the PUCRS (1974). She works in the Tourism and Cultural areas as an editor, curator, and producer. She is Professor at the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS), Researcher and Advisor of the Graduate Program in Tourism and Hospitality (Master and Doctorate).

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Published

2021-01-14

How to Cite

De Sá, F., & Gastal, S. (2021). Mobility, immobility and a-mobility: to discuss Tourism in COVID-19 times. Revista Brasileira De Pesquisa Em Turismo, 15(1), 2144. https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v15i1.2144

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Special Call: Tourism and COVID-19