Spaces for Collaborative Arrangements as Social Sustainability in Rural Accommodation in Brazil: Pouso dos Paula

Abstract

Studies of collaborative arrangements are usually based on socioeconomic interpretations, with little research exploring the socio-spatial perspective. The assumption is that space (as an epistemic category) can promote collaborative arrangements. Thus, the objective of the research was to describe the spaces of rural accommodation establishments as a sign of collaboration, which is understood as a socio-spatial entity. For this purpose, Pouso dos Paula (Nova Friburgo, RJ, Brazil) was the object of the study. This study was qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive in nature with a phenomenological approach. Primary data was collected from websites, leaflets, and videos about the object of study and in situ (photographic and architectural survey and reading of space). Secondary data was collected from the literature. The data collected were analyzed in the light of the theory of montage, based on the idea of abduction of Peircean semiotics. The results showed collaboration in spaces of the rural accommodation studied, which generally signifies and reveals spatial conditions for carrying out civic initiatives, meets social demands, and for gives rise to collaborative arrangements in rural areas which, together, can lead to political empowerment in rural Brazil, which are understood as a factor of social sustainability. The originality of the study lies in the recognition of the role of space of rural accommodation in promoting social sustainability.

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“…Este trabajo podría justificarse dado el objetivo de revelar nuevos espacios de colectivización para la colaboración, lo cual es necesario para enfrentar el colapso del Estado-nación latinoamericano, donde los diferentes grupos socioespaciales carecen de "otros" pactos cívicos colaborativos (Hamburger-Fernández, 2013;Tricárico et al, 2019a;Tricárico et al, 2019b). En este sesgo, la herencia colonial exploratoria de la historia brasileña ha hecho una cultura objetual a los lugares cívicos (Damatta, 1997), aliada a la urbanización brasileña tardía que se dio de forma acelerada para resolver problemas de hinchazón poblacional ante la creciente industrialización de las metrópolis emergentes, y por lo tanto sin el debido cuidado por los espacios públicos cívicos (Deák y Schiffer, 2010).…”

“…Esta investigación también se justificó por la condición de que la colectivización y la colaboración pueden ser predictores de consenso (Tricárico et al, 2019a;Tricárico et al, 2019b).…”

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Tourism, Governance and Sustainable Development

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