LABOUR, RURAL TOURISM AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE ZONA DA MATA OF PERNAMBUCO (BRAZIL)

Authors

  • Joao Paulo Silva UFRPE
  • Maria Salett Tauk Santos UFRPE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v4i3.295

Keywords:

Rural Tourism. Work. Local Development. Pernambuco. Brazil.

Abstract

This paper aims at analyzing the situation of rural workers of the Itamatamirim Farm in Vitoria de Santo Antao, Pernambuco. These workers, who are former sugar cane have been submitted to a workshop that combines farming with rural tourism. Therefore, traces the changes produced by this experience in the fields of work and life of these hybrids of farmers and workers in rural tourism. The methodological procedures were used combined techniques of data collection, such as semi-structured interview and oral history. The results of this investigation showed that the changes processed in the fields of work and life of the former sugar cane Itamatamirim Farm had in the forms of political participation, the use of free time, leisure, access to new technologies of communication and information and aspirations for the future.

 

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Author Biographies

Joao Paulo Silva, UFRPE

Turismólogo, Mestre em Extensão Rural e Desenvolvimento Local pela UFRPE. Técnico da ICUBACOOP/UFRPE e Professor da Faculdade Joaquim Nabuco - Recife-PE

Maria Salett Tauk Santos, UFRPE

Jornalista, Doutora em Ciências da Comunicação pela ECA/USP. Coordenadora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Extensão Rural e Desenvolvimento Local pela Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco – UFRPE.

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Published

2010-12-30

How to Cite

Silva, J. P., & Tauk Santos, M. S. (2010). LABOUR, RURAL TOURISM AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE ZONA DA MATA OF PERNAMBUCO (BRAZIL). Revista Brasileira De Pesquisa Em Turismo, 4(3). https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v4i3.295

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 3 (2010): September/December

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Articles

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