Mobile lifestyles and their infrastructure

notes on Lisbon

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https://doi.org/10.20336/rbs.921

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coffee shops, mobile lifestyles, digital nomads, transnational gentrification

Abstract

The exponential growth of tourism in Lisbon, Portugal, has turned the city into an attractive destination also for other more or less mobile populations. Digital nomads, “expatriates”, international students and a strong intra-European mobility are noticeable in Lisbon’s urban landscape, especially in spaces that mix consumption and work practices, such as coffee shops, coworking and coliving spaces. Organized as various notes, this article focuses on these new urban infrastructures that allow the anchoring (albeit temporary) of mobile practices and lifestyles in Lisbon. In particular, it discusses how coffee shops facilitate the maintenance of these lifestyles, and how they are embedded in broader processes of transnational gentrification. The article results from a collective research project funded by the European Union and includes qualitative fieldwork with these spaces, their owners, and users.

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Author Biography

Franz Buhr, Universidade de Lisboa

Franz Buhr é investigador integrado do Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Universidade de Lisboa, onde concluiu um doutoramento em estudos das migrações. Foi investigador júnior Marie Sklodowska-Curie no âmbito da rede INTEGRIM. Franz tem um mestrado Erasmus Mundus em sociologia das migrações pela University College Dublin. Sua pesquisa situa-se na intersecção entre os estudos das migrações e os estudos urbanos, e seus interesses incluem a transformação urbana causada pelas migrações, as mobilidades urbanas, conhecimentos práticos urbanos, e navegação. Franz trabalha atualmente no projeto europeu H2020 SMARTDEST, no qual examina a transformação da paisagem comercial de Lisboa e sua relação com a presença de residentes temporários e populações transientes. Franz é co-coordenador do núcleo de pesquisa sobre privileged mobilities PriMob, da rede IMISCOE. Franz publicou em revistas como o Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Mobilities, e Social Inclusion.

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Published

26-10-2023

How to Cite

Buhr, F. (2023). Mobile lifestyles and their infrastructure: notes on Lisbon. Brazilian Journal of Sociology, 11(28), 98–118. https://doi.org/10.20336/rbs.921