Filipa Fernandes

Filipa Fernandes
  • PhD. Tourism
  • Professor (Assistant) at University of Lisbon

Assistant Professor at University of Lisbon. Senior Researcher at Centro de Administração e Políticas Públicas, ULisboa

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Introduction
Filipa holds a PhD in Tourism from University of Évora and a MA in Anthropology from Technical University of Lisbon. She is Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon. She is a member of Centre of Administration and Public Policies from the University of Lisbon. Her research areas includes Anthropology of Tourism, Heritage, Tourism Imaginaries, the relation between climate change and tourism, and the impacts of tourism.
Current institution
University of Lisbon
Current position
  • Professor (Assistant)
Additional affiliations
January 2013 - January 2015
University of Lisbon
Position
  • Professor (Assistant)
Education
June 2008 - January 2013
Universidade de Évora
Field of study
  • Tourism. PhD. Degree in Tourism
September 2002 - December 2006
Technical University of Lisbon
Field of study
  • Anthropology. Master Degree in Anthropology

Publications

Publications (52)
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High-magnitude, low-frequency rain events (heavy rains) have increased on the island of Madeira in recent years. The levadas, a built heritage of water canals, and one of the biggest tourist attractions on the island due to their role as hiking trails, have been repeatedly damaged as a result of heavy rains causing problems that affect stakeholders...
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This article analyses the relationship between waterscapes, memory, and tourism, particularly to understand materiality, and place-making around irrigation canals. To examine this relationship, I use a case study about the levadas of Madeira Island, an extensive network of irrigation canals whose main function is to conduct and supply water for irr...
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The present work intends to analyze the relationship between waterscapes, memory, and tourism, particularly to understand the poetics, materiality, and place-making around irrigation canals. To analyze this relationship, the author will use a case study about the levadas of Madeira Island, an extensive network of irrigation canals whose main functi...
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The goal of this work is to analyse a set of national and local public policies related to tourism, focusing on its development and application in post-pandemic contexts. The specific objectives are: 1. examine existing policies and interventions related to overtourism, with a focus on responsible tourism practices; and 2. understand the rhetoric o...
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How to study local heritage? What are the contributions of anthropology to this study? This communication aims to answer these questions by highlighting not only the methods but also intends to present some case studies for this purpose. Keywords: heritage, heritagization, anthropology of heritage, ethnography.
Book
Este livro, coordenado e editado por Xerardo Pereiro (UTAD) e Filipa Fernandes (CAPP, ISCSP-ULisboa) resulta de uma experiência pedagógica protagonizada pelos alunos de turismo da UTAD. Esta experiência consistiu em entrevistar a pares, 18 investigadores do turismo, com o intuito de compreender melhor as agendas de investigação turísticas dos inves...
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This presentation looks at some effects of the development of pre-pandemic and post-pandemic tourism in Alfama.
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Este trabalho intenta mostrar a forma como o turismo contribui para os processos de transformação e co-produção de lugares. Sabendo que a indústria do turismo está presente nas cidades, promovendo transformações nos espaços, surgem contributos para a formação de novos paradigmas em torno da hospitalidade, com realce para o papel das comunidades loc...
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Cabo Verde é um destino turístico com crescimento regular da procura, ao qual se aponta grande potencial futuro. A comunicação de um destino é imprescindível para divulgá-lo e torná-lo conhecido. Neste artigo, pretende-se descrever como se processa a comunicação e promoção turística do destino Cabo Verde para o mercado exterior, com enfoque no merc...
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This work examined some transformations that occurred in the Alfama District, Lisbon, due to touristification. The author will analyze some effects of tourism development in local environments, and in particular, the role of heritage and marketing for the perpetuation of local imaginaries.
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Tourism has become a central policy issue in the strategic planning of the arctic region. For instance, Arctic regions located in the Nordic countries have been creating strategies for tourism development. One of these regions is Finnish Lapland, which started tourism development in 1980s and is nowadays one of the fastest growing destinations in t...
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This presentation explores the processes of transformation and co-production of places. It questions how the service industry operates in urban places, promoting changes in spaces, thus contributing to the formation of new paradigms of hospitality, with emphasis on the role of local communities. It will be analyzed the emergence of peer-to-peer acc...
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Este livro oferece um panorama teórico, metodológico e prático dos debates antropológicos sobre o turismo. Resultante de um longo trabalho docente e de pesquisa, Xerardo Pereiro e Filipa Fernandes apresentam neste livro uma visão crítica e complexa do turismo, e também, como o turismo é assunto de interesse para os antropólogos. Concebido na forma...
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Este trabalho tem como objectivo mostrar a forma como o turismo contribui para os processos de transformação e co-produção de lugares. A tónica será posta na influência da população local e de agentes governamentais nos processos de desenvolvimento turístico.
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In Portugal, tourism is increasingly important, while the wine industry has been a relevant sector, both at national and international levels, for decades. This paper focuses on the use of the web to promote wine tourism in the West of Portugal, especially in the Lisbon Wine Route. It is intended to characterize the offer of wine tourism in this re...
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Surfing is today a significant part of the Portuguese tourism market. In 2014, Portugal was the most popular destination on the internet regarding to surfing, having been considered the most attractive country in the world for the sport. This paper concerns the international promotion of Portugal as a touristic surfing destination. The main objecti...
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After the change in the executive in 2002, the municipality of Óbidos concentrated its efforts in promoting the town as a tourist destination of national and international attraction. In order to understand the importance of the village in a national context and its affirmation as a brand, this study focuses on the communication of the Óbidos villa...
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Neste trabalho aborda-se o desastre natural ocorrido na Ilha da Madeira a 20 de Fevereiro de 2010 e os consequentes desafios produzidos para a indústria turística visando a implementação de estratégias apropriadas para restaurar a imagem do destino. Os objetivos deste trabalho passam pela análise das estratégias adotadas no seio do sistema turístic...
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O que é o marketing turístico? Porque é considerado um aspecto essencial nos processos de gestão das áreas-destinos? O presente capítulo pretende dar respostas a estas questões, elucidando o leitor não só acerca do marketing turístico, mas acima de tudo, fornecendo algumas ideias acerca da indústria de turismo, como é que esta funciona e qual o pap...
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A proposta versa acerca de uma etnografia dos imaginários turísticos na Lapónia finlandesa. Por um lado pretende-se enfatizar os processos de produção local dos imaginários, e por outro, evidenciar as várias representações veiculadas nas redes sociais pelos turistas, tendo por referente a aldeia do pai natal em Rovaniemi, Finlândia.
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Christmas has become a global phenomenon with economic relevance (Miller 2001). Even in countries with no Christian traditions, Christmas remains an important socio-economic event (Hancock & Rehn, 2011). While there are several tourism studies on Christmas (e.g. Hall, 2008; Pretes; 2007), Christmas as tourism imaginaries has received few attention....
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This study aims to analyze tourism in Madeira Island, emphasizing the differences between the north coast and south coast. With a secular tradition in tourism, this Portuguese Autonomous Region reveals tourism development strategies of several destinations (internal) and emerging products. Firstly, some trends in regional tourism market will be cha...
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Resumo: o presente artigo aborda as convergências, sinergias e as divergências entre a antropologia e o turismo no espaço português. Tem por objetivo analisar a turistificação da antropologia (as adaptações metodológicas e epistemológicas ao objeto de estudo por parte da disciplina) em Portugal e uma certa antropologização do turismo. Enquadrado na...
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This article aims to study the tourism systems and the active role of anthropology in building a critical approach. It will focus on a case study developed in Madeira Island (Portugal) grounded in a ethnography of regional tourism sector, in particular, on the supply side, focused on the observation in the promoters/producers of services related to...
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O tema desta tese é o património cultural como recurso turístico, em concreto, o caso das levadas e veredas da ilha da Madeira. A problemática abordada insere-se no mapa de questões associadas às estratégias de activação patrimonial, às representações turísticas das levadas e aos discursos promocionais e, ainda, às experiências e motivações dos tur...
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Alentejo is a large rural area in Portugal with the largest artificial lake in Europe, Alqueva. The lake has an area of 250 km2 and extends through six municipalities: Barrancos, Moura, Mourão, Portel, Reguengos de Monsaraz and Alandroal (see Figure 1). In recent years the area has emphasized rural tourism and most recently invested in “astrotouris...
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This paper addresses the understandings of touristic processes and practices in Madeira Island related to hiking trails.
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Resumo: Este artigo incide na análise de um elemento de cultura material que foi alvo de activação patrimonial (nos finais da década de 90), incrementada pela indústria turística, assumindo desde en-tão novas funcionalidades e dinâmicas. O estudo circunscreve-se às levadas da Ilha da Madeira, um elemento patrimonial usado simultaneamente pela popul...
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This text is about the relations between irrigation water, memory and conflict in a rural Madeira village. The main objective is to analyze the social dynamics associated with the management of the water resources, which transform the Levada (water canal) into a space of memory. I tried to verify the way the local peasants introduced the water issu...
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Esta dissertação de mestrado em Ciências Antropológicas consiste no estudo das levadas da ilha da Madeira como um espaço de memória e de relações sociais centradas na água. Na Região Autónoma da Madeira as levadas são canais estreitos e densos, quase sempre a céu aberto, construídos para conduzir a água para a irrigação, energia ou abastecimento....
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This master’s dissertation in Anthropological Sciences studies the levadas in Madeira Island as a place of memory and social relations around water. In the Portuguese Autonomous Region of Madeira the levadas are water canals used for irrigation, power production and water supply. They are also places of re-remembering and interpretation of local cu...

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I'm interest in the study of the growth of tourism in the city of Lisbon and it's impacts. Can someone recommend some projects/articles related to this?
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