Papers by Filipa Perdigão Ribeiro
Routledge eBooks, Aug 22, 2022
In view of the proliferation of alojamento local (short-term vacation rentals) in the major Portu... more In view of the proliferation of alojamento local (short-term vacation rentals) in the major Portuguese cities of Lisbon and Porto, along with the recent transformation of the historic city centre neighbourhoods, this study explores the mediatized politics of place by analysing data sets resulting from different, but interconnected, discursive practices. At the level of governance, we examine how legislation has enabled and facilitated this transformation. We then explore the media coverage of the issues surrounding these recent changes. Finally, we focus on individual and collective stakeholder voices by analysing the various rights claims and arguments found in social media communication channels. Framing our analysis initially in Lefebvre's concept of 'the right to the city', often invoked as an argument for the promotion of justice, inclusion and sustainability in the face of urbanisation policies, we argue that a 'rights in the city' approach is better suited to gaining insight into the multiple tensions and conflicts brought about through the interlinking processes of regeneration, gentrification and touristification that affect neighbourhoods with high proportions of short-term rental accommodation, and conclude that there are many rights claimants within a seemingly unified group of stakeholders, invoking rights claims which are sometimes overlapping, but often conflicting.
Journal of Intercultural Communication
This study explores the relationships of northern Europeans living in the Algarve (Portugal) with... more This study explores the relationships of northern Europeans living in the Algarve (Portugal) with locally-produced foreign-language media. For such “lifestyle” migrants, these media play an active role in their migration and post-migration experiences. Besides their functional role, they may also contribute to community-making processes. Findings from a survey and focus groups indicate that respondents are familiar with these media, using them as sources of information regarding local news, events, and services. However, the findings also reveal ambivalence about the extent to which these media are useful in providing cultural understanding as aid to intercultural communication or to feeling integrated in local society.
Dos Algarves: A Multidisciplinary e-Journal, 2014
International Journal of Tourism Cities
Purpose This study aims to explore the ways in which Portuguese online news reports and opinion s... more Purpose This study aims to explore the ways in which Portuguese online news reports and opinion studies have framed the discussion about overtourism in Lisbon and its impacts on the city and its inhabitants. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on critical discourse analysis applied to media texts, this paper discusses the discursive representations of overtourism by focusing on how an emerging new discourse which constructs tourism as problematic began to challenge the established discourse – in which tourism is perceived as beneficial. Findings As a consequence, and to maintain the status quo, many media texts deploy strong legitimating strategies focusing on the benefits of tourism growth. These are juxtaposed with de-legitimating strategies which serve to deny problems of overtourism. Findings highlight the role the media play in shaping tourism discursively and uncover the complexities of discourses on the effects of (over)tourism and the ways in which they are constructed, diss...
Dos Algarves: A Multidisciplinary e-Journal, 2014
The aim of this paper, which is part of a more extensive research on verb tense errors, is to inv... more The aim of this paper, which is part of a more extensive research on verb tense errors, is to investigate the subject-verb agreement errors in the simple present in the texts of a group of Tourism undergraduate students. Based on the concept of interlanguage and following the error analysis model, this descriptive non-experimental study applies qualitative and quantitative procedures. Three types of instruments were used to collect data: a sociolinguistic questionnaire (to define the learners' profile); the Dialang test (to establish their proficiency level in English); and our own learner corpus (140 texts). Errors were identified and classified by an expert panel in accordance with a verb error taxonomy developed for this study based on the taxonomy established by the Cambridge Learner Corpus. The Markin software was used to code errors in the corpus and the Wordsmith Tools software to analyze the data. Subject-verb agreement errors and their relation with the learners' pr...
This article analyses the discursive construction in the digital press of the terms EMIGRANT, EXP... more This article analyses the discursive construction in the digital press of the terms EMIGRANT, EXPATRIATE, IMMIGRANT, MIGRANT, and REFUGEE during the period 2011-2015. The study explores how discursive practices (re)construct and (re)frame the various groups of migrants. Based on a specialized corpus of articles and titles collected from the digital platforms of three newspapers, the analysis combines corpus analysis and critical discourse analysis. The study demonstrates the existence of positive representations of Portugal in hosting migrants in contrast to more negative representations of the international community in general and clearly presents the difference between media representations and dictionary definitions and points to the Eurocentrism of the discourses and the passivization and impersonalization of the people on the move.
Dos Algarves: A Multidisciplinary e-Journal, 2014
Besides receiving large numbers of tourists, the Algarve is also becoming home to growing communi... more Besides receiving large numbers of tourists, the Algarve is also becoming home to growing communities of migrants whose first language is not Portuguese. Besides the so-called “economic migrants” who have arrived from eastern European countries, attracted by the employment opportunities in construction and the service sectors that have resulted from the development of mass tourism, there are also growing numbers of northern European “lifestyle migrants” in search of a better way of life in the sun. The transformations in the ethnoscape of the region due to these tourism-related mobilities have impacted on its semiotic landscape. Notably, English is seemingly everywhere, whilst the languages of the eastern European migrant communities are almost entirely absent. In this paper, I explore how some of the texts that appear in the semiotic landscape can be viewed as nexus points for various circulating discursive practices. Such practices are spatially and temporally embedded in a dialec...
WHILST the public debate over the ‘idea of Portuguese identity’ within the European context has t... more WHILST the public debate over the ‘idea of Portuguese identity’ within the European context has taken place during this last decade in the media,1 I have not encountered (linguistic) studies on discourses of national identity construction and representation. Another omission is in-depth analyses of the media’s contribution to the reshaping of discourse(s) hence social practice(s) in relation to national identity. I propose to bring together these two facets by analysing: “The discursive construction of Portuguese national identity on a radio phone-in programme discourse broadcast in June 2006”, paying special attention to historical and socio-political contextual factors. As such, using a qualitative in-depth methodology (combining discourse analysis and conversation analysis), this paper explores power relations interand intrasocial groups when framing discourses on national identity and the attempts to imagine and construct national identity within the discourses produced by ‘expe...
Sustainability, 2020
This study explores two World Heritage Sites (WHS) as tourism destinations by applying several un... more This study explores two World Heritage Sites (WHS) as tourism destinations by applying several uncommon techniques in these settings: Smart Tourism Analytics, namely Text mining, Sentiment Analysis, and Market Basket Analysis, to highlight patterns according to attraction, nationality, and repeated visits. Salamanca (Spain) and Coimbra (Portugal) are analyzed and compared based on 8,638 online travel reviews (OTR), from TripAdvisor (2017–2018). Findings show that WHS reputation does not seem to be relevant to visitors-reviewers. Additionally, keyword extraction reveals that the reviews do not differ from language to language or from city to city, and it was also possible to identify several keywords related to history and heritage; in particular, architectural styles, names of kings, and places. The study identifies topics that could be used by destination management organizations to promote these cities, highlights the advantages of applying a data science approach, and confirms th...
Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2020
In view of the proliferation of alojamento local (short-term vacation rentals) in the major Portu... more In view of the proliferation of alojamento local (short-term vacation rentals) in the major Portuguese cities of Lisbon and Porto, along with the recent transformation of the historic city centre neighbourhoods, this study explores the mediatized politics of place by analysing data sets resulting from different, but interconnected, discursive practices. At the level of governance, we examine how legislation has enabled and facilitated this transformation. We then explore the media coverage of the issues surrounding these recent changes. Finally, we focus on individual and collective stakeholder voices by analysing the various rights claims and arguments found in social media communication channels. Framing our analysis initially in Lefebvre's concept of 'the right to the city', often invoked as an argument for the promotion of justice, inclusion and sustainability in the face of urbanisation policies, we argue that a 'rights in the city' approach is better suited to gaining insight into the multiple tensions and conflicts brought about through the interlinking processes of regeneration, gentrification and touristification that affect neighbourhoods with high proportions of short-term rental accommodation, and conclude that there are many rights claimants within a seemingly unified group of stakeholders, invoking rights claims which are sometimes overlapping, but often conflicting.
European Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation, 2019
Transformações Perenidades Inovações, Nov 30, 2018
Transformações Perenidades Inovações, Nov 30, 2018
This paper aims to present the Language Centre of the University of the Algarve (CL-UAlg) from it... more This paper aims to present the Language Centre of the University of the Algarve (CL-UAlg) from its inception in 2000 to the present time. Through a brief description of its history and the presentation of figures related to students, courses and exams, we show how both the academic community and the local community consider learning foreign languages an important professional, academic and personal skill. We also describe the changes on the demand of foreign languages, and how the Centre monitors the quality of courses and students' overall satisfaction. Finally, we describe the Centre's partnerships which aim at providing official certification of foreign language skills for work, to pursue studies abroad and for acquiring citizenship.
Discourse, Context & Media, 2019
Abstract There has been increasing debate in academic circles over the ‘correct’ labelling of dif... more Abstract There has been increasing debate in academic circles over the ‘correct’ labelling of different forms of migration. During the summer of 2015, the intense media focus on the so-called ‘Mediterranean migrant crisis’ also led to heated terminological debate in certain sections of the international press. This debate centred not only on semantic questions, but also raised ideological issues since the terminology used to describe social groups almost certainly has social implications: the discursive construction of people ‘on the move’ may lead not only to the formation of stereotypical social representations but also, ultimately, to different treatment of different groups of people in ‘host’ countries. Using a methodology which combines CDA and frame analysis, this paper seeks to explore how different migration-related terms (i.e. immigrants, migrants, refugees) were used in the headlines of the Portuguese digital press around the time of the crisis, and what kind of representations of these social actors were being (re)constructed through these texts. We conclude that although there are some similarities with the findings of other studies set in different countries, namely the impersonalization, genericization and passivation of these social actors, there are also some differences which can be attributed to the socio- political context in which the Portuguese press is embedded. As a ‘peripheral’ European country which felt no direct impact from the unfolding humanitarian crisis, Portugal was clearly seeking to bolster a positive self-representation as a tolerant, welcoming and inclusive society.
Social & Cultural Geography, 2017
Abstract This study argues for more comparative research between seemingly different migrant grou... more Abstract This study argues for more comparative research between seemingly different migrant groups, bringing a new focus on intra-European migration in Portugal by examining and comparing the reasons why migrants from different geographical origins choose to settle in the tourism-based Algarve region. Drawing on data collected from a questionnaire survey and interviews, the study first compares the profiles of two apparently distinct migrant groups – Northern and Eastern Europeans – and goes on to explore their discursive representations of migration experiences. Findings reveal that despite differences in initial motivations for moving to the Algarve, there are similarities between the two groups in terms of what leads them to settle in the region. Among both groups there is a high level of positive place-identity, suggesting that the specific context of the destination place plays a significant role in positive post-migration outcomes, something which is often overlooked in migration studies. Furthermore, the lived and perceived lifestyle affordances of the destination place, especially when discursively compared with the place and lifestyle left behind, are flagged by both groups and lend support to the idea that the role of lifestyle in migration has a wider significance than is usually credited.
Bridging the gap: Languages, literature, and tourism This special issue inaugurates a new stage f... more Bridging the gap: Languages, literature, and tourism This special issue inaugurates a new stage for our journal, by publishing two issues per year, one of which will be under the responsibility of invited guest editors, who will focus on a specific theme or area of studies. Editorial work for any journal involves various tasks-such as guiding submitted manuscripts along numerous stages from submission to final publication. For this particular issue, this task was perceived as both more challenging and more rewarding, since we were playing the role of "guest editors" to our regular publication. Whether it is people privileged enough to travel or people who are "toured", there is seemingly no one whose life remains unaffected by tourism-the single largest international trade in the world (Jaworski and Thurlow, 2010), producing one of the greatest population movements of all time. Even though we sometimes forget, tourism practices involve flows and meeting points of languages and encounters with other languages and their speakers. We decided to invite contributions that would explore the multi-faceted links between tourism, languages, and literatures, as the movements across languages and cultures, inherent to transnational mobility practices, are increasing in today's global flows, even though these movements are often absent in discussions in the social sciences and in particular in linguistic approaches or literary analysis. Indisputably, in tourism, language (for example, in printed texts or websites) plays a key role in promotion and creation of tourist destinations. An unavoidable consequence of tourism is that language in the shape of codes, discourses, styles, genres, voices, or repertoires participates in the global flows of tourists and their hosts. The language that accompanies, facilitates, or results in these flows is also "on the move", becomes locally lived and produced in terms of language practices, an unavoidable part of everyone's everyday social life (Thurlow and Jaworski, 2010). Literature through both its texts and its authors has also often been an inspiration for tourists that frequently travel to visit the writers' homes or the places where the characters have inhabited or the plot was set. On the other hand, tourism has long
Journal of Language and Politics, 2011
This article analyses the discursive construction of collective memories and the function of comm... more This article analyses the discursive construction of collective memories and the function of commemorative events for national identity. It focuses on how the 30th anniversary of the Portuguese 1974 revolution was portrayed in the government’sProgramme of Actionissued for the 2004 commemorations and in forty-three newspaper opinion articles also published in 2004. The 1974 revolution ended a 48-year right-wing dictatorship and has shaped subsequent historical events since the 1970s. When theProgramme of Actionchanged the 1974 slogan ‘April is revolution’ into ‘April is evolution’, the written press responded by conducting a debate on this reframing. Using the Discourse-Historical Approach in CDA as the analytical framework, this paper highlights the discursive strategies on which the government’s manifesto was built and explores the opinion articles’ ongoing political and ideological tensions over the revolution, its commemorations, and how it paved the way into Europe, by describin...
Papers from the Lancaster University Postgraduate …, 2009
This paper proposes to analyse the discursive construction of Portuguese national identity in the... more This paper proposes to analyse the discursive construction of Portuguese national identity in the semi-public (media) discourse, namely how two apparently competing discourses on national identity (that of the elite and that of laypeople) represent and ...
The proliferation and increasing significance of online reviews for all kinds of consumption deci... more The proliferation and increasing significance of online reviews for all kinds of consumption decisions imply the need for a better understanding of their influence within the tourism context. Inarguably, consumers are relying more on online search strategies, by using blog pages, forums and review sites when making product decisions (Li & Bernoff, 2008; Xiang & Gretzel, 2010). The Internet has reshaped the way tourism-related information is distributed and the way people plan for and consume travelling (Buhalis & Law, 2008). Online ...
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Papers by Filipa Perdigão Ribeiro
about the country’s recent history, collective memories and Portugal’s relationship to other nations. This investigation applies interdisciplinary critical discourse analysis,
namely the discourse-historical approach, and a triangulation of methods to examine written and spoken discourse in detail and also to investigate salient features of context whilst analysing three distinct datasets: 141 newspaper editorials and
opinion articles on Euro 2004, 40 newspaper editorials and opinion articles on the thirtieth anniversary of the 1974 ‘Carnation Revolution’, and a one-hour radio phone-in programme on the topic “Is (Portuguese) national identity in crisis?”. The prime objective is to conceptualise and identify the various macro-strategies which stem from the macro-, meso- and micro-dimensions of an imagined identity employed in the discursive construction of Portuguese national identity, and to
describe them. A key point is who, as a group, attains the political, social or symbolic power to shape, within the public sphere, what should be remembered and what should be forgotten, and whether these collective memories, which build in-group(s) of social shared narratives, compete or even collide with other narratives. The ultimate aim of this research project is to contribute to the body of knowledge about the contemporary Portuguese national identity discourses
produced by the (political and cultural) elites who have privileged access to the media. At the same time, it introduces ways of questioning the homogeneity of national identity and expands the possible applications of critical discourse analysisapproaches to the investigation of the hegemonic construction of (public) national identity discourses. Finally, the analytical chapters highlight how asymmetric access to the public sphere is reinforced by the discursive strategies that are present in the data.