Name: PAOLA BRUSCO RIBETA
Publication date: 05/07/2024
Examining board:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| ALFREDO RODRIGUES LEITE DA SILVA | Examinador Interno |
| ANA CAROLINA JÚLIO DA SILVA ANDRADE | Examinador Externo |
| LETICIA DIAS FANTINEL | Presidente |
Summary: The aim of this dissertation was to understand the organization of agritourism in Venda Nova do Imigrante-ES from the perspective of multi-species care practices. As a theoretical framework, I chose to use studies focused on the multi-species perspective in the field of tourism (BERTELLA, 2021; JECZMYK; UGLIS; STEPPA, 2021; BERTELLA, 2022) and those associated with the ecofeminist conception of care (DONOVAN; ADAMS, 2007; BEACHAM, 2018; ADAMS; GRUEN, 2022; TALLBERG; GARCÍA-ROSELL; HAANPÄÄ, 2022), to contribute to the field of studies on organizing (BISPO, 2014; DUARTE; ALCADIPANI, 2016; FANTINEL, 2021). I conducted ethnographic research on the Céu Azul property (fictitious name), which offers agritourism experiences in the city of Venda Nova do Imigrante-ES. The analysis of the data allowed for the production of interpretative paths that highlight care as the central axis in organizing agritourism. This care materializes in multi-species practices that make up a complex and dynamic web of plants, humans and other animals united by living (and coexisting) among human and non-human companions, by producing food and feeding, and by welcoming tourists and visitors. Complex tensions and negotiations emerge from the relationships of co-dependence and mutual survival of this care, which imbricate human and non-human existences, revealing asymmetries of power between the different agents involved and reinventing the modern schism between nature and culture. As a contribution, we show the ways in which organizing agritourism, in order to happen on a daily basis, involves constant care for the existences of human and non-human beings, on which the lives and deaths of beings of different species depend. This advances the literature by making it possible to decentralize the human in the analysis of these practices, and by highlighting the conflicts and tensions that emerge from care practices.
