The Tourist Era in the City of Porto: Enchantment, Suspension and (Un)Sustainability

Márcia Silva is a PhD student in sociology at the University of Minho’s Institute of Social Sciences. She has a master’s degree in sociology and an undergraduate degree in geography and planning from the University of Minho. She works in the areas of tourism, mobility and science.

Rita Ribeiro is a lecturer in the Sociology Department within the University of Minho’s Institute of Social Sciences, having gained a master’s degree in anthropology (2000) and a PhD in sociology (2008) from the same university. She is a researcher within the Communication and Society Research Centre. Rita researches the sociology of culture, particularly in the field of popular culture and cultural identity, cultural policies, national and European identity, migration and cultural diversity. As a lecturer, she focuses on the sociology of culture, the sociology of power, cultural heritage and cultural diversity. Rita is a member of the executive board of the European Sociological Association’s Research Network of the Sociology of Culture and on the board of the UMCidades platform.

Emília Araújo is a lecturer at the University of Minho’s Sociology Department and researcher at the Communication and Society Research Centre. She is involved in several research projects and has published several works encompassing themes of culture, science and time.