CAMINHOS DA RESISTÊNCIA: A RECEPÇÃO DE VISITANTES COMO PRÁTICA SOCIAL DISCURSIVA À VISIBILIDADE DOS POVOS ORIGINÁRIOS NO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE/RN, BRASIL

Abstract

By understanding visitor reception as a social practice that ratifies the resistance discourse of the first nations, it makes room to analyze tourism from a political lens. This study examines visitor reception as an element of visibility and resistance among the Potiguares do Catu community in the state of Rio Grande do Norte (RN), Brazil. To that end, several methods were followed, including a literature review on the World Wide Web (WWW), a review of social media, and participant observation of various experiences offered in the community. Results reveal that there is a movement among some resident groups, who, at their core, defend the existence of first nations in RN, thereby contradicting the hegemonic discourses of the institutions responsible for promoting tourism in the state. Therefore, the act of welcoming becomes a political discourse of resistance.