Cadernos de Geografia

How Demographic Characteristics Shape The Basic Psychological Needs and Behavioral Intentions of Cultural Tourists?

2025-10-30T11:58:34+00:00

How Demographic Characteristics Shape The Basic Psychological Needs and Behavioral Intentions of Cultural Tourists?

Journey of Portuguese Art to Brazil in the 19th/20th Centuries.

2025-10-28T11:47:58+00:00

ABSTRACT

The arrival of the Portuguese court in Brazil in the early 19th century heightened interest in its size and potential, coinciding with the opening of its ports to friendly nations and foreign trade, making it an attractive travel destination. The flow of goods was met with an intense movement of people—especially Europeans—with Rio de Janeiro and Salvador as the main entry points. The colony became a meeting point for businessmen, merchants, traveling salesmen, and artists seeking new fortune and opportunities. Regardless of their interests, many of them recorded their impressions of Portuguese America. This was the case of a group of national artists who set sail for the lands of Vera Cruz to find inspiration for a flamboyant pictorial creation. Today, in an increasingly interconnected and multicultural world where tourist travel occurs on a global scale, it is imperative to rethink this legacy, placing it in the light of its time but through a contemporary lens; hence its relevance, relevance, and justification.

Amazônia brasileira e as políticas públicas de desenvolvimento na virada do século XXI

2025-10-21T15:40:23+01:00

The article aimed to understand the public development policies implemented in the first decade of the 21st century in the Brazilian Amazon, with a focus on the environmental dimension, in light of the extinction of the Superintendency for the Development of the Amazon (SUDAM) and the direct involvement of the federal government. To achieve this, a documentary and exploratory research approach was employed, using a qualitative methodology. Documents such as plans, actions, strategies, and legislation adopted during the first decade of the 2000s were analyzed. The results showed that, even after the extinction of SUDAM, public development policies in the Amazon region were intensified, reinforcing the paradigm of sustainable development and, in particular, innovating through the combination of multidimensional efforts via the joint actions of various federal ministries. This occurred especially through two main approaches: one focused on environmental policy and the other on territorialization. Examples include the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Amazon (PPCDAm), the Sustainable Amazon Plan (PAS), the Regional Development Plans for the Sustainable BR-163 and Xingu, as well as the Macro Ecological-Economic Zoning of the Legal Amazon.

Símbolos da Índia

2025-10-20T19:50:35+01:00

Através da nova geografia cultural, instigou-se a simbologia da Índia para configurar o mundo indiano. Para tanto, analisaram-se a paisagem simbólica – interligando a paisagem cultural com a paisagem histórica – conforme a trama de significantes e o espaço psicológico – pelo mundo tecido em uma mentalidade – conforme a trama de significados. Com efeito, marca-se sociedade védica (gestada pela invasão ariana e expulsão dravídica por volta de 1200 a.C.), mediante a literatura védica, como fundamento do simbolismo indiano. Desse modo, a história indiana convoca a coexistência das linhas do vedismo por símbolos naturais (humanos), do bramismo por símbolos divinos (celestes) e do hinduísmo por símbolos intermediários (mórficos e antropomórficos). Assim, os significantes assentam a paisagem simbólica a partir de obras: textos, desenhos, estátuas e construções. Disso, o mundo indiano formula-se em três unidades simbólicas: a cosmografia, os deuses e o templo. Isso posto, os significados são entramados em um espaço psicológico centrado na Índia, tornando-a mundo indiano segundo a significação dos símbolos. A geografia cultural indiana é, tão já, uma coligação entre significantes e significados, tecendo uma expressão simbólica do mundo humano.

SERÁ A GEOGRAFIA CAPAZ DE FORMAR CIDADÃOS GEOGRAFICAMENTE COMPETENTES?

2025-10-13T17:10:05+01:00

This article is part of one of the priority areas of research in Geography: ‘improving the curricular, pedagogical and assessment practices used in the teaching and learning of Geography’ (CIGE, 2015). Given the scarcity of specific literature on orienteering skills, the relevance of the broader concept of ‘geographically competent citizen’ was recognised. The research seeks to understand whether the Geography curriculum promotes the development of competences in students, to understand the importance of the teacher in building these competences and to analyse the relationship between the subject and the formation of ‘geographically competent citizens’. This research is based on an empirical approach, integrating the analysis of relevant literature and data collection through interviews with 12 Geography teachers from primary and secondary schools. Among other things, it was concluded that in order to train students into ‘geographically competent citizens’, it is necessary to read and interpret the geographical space, data analysis skills, socio-environmental awareness and critical thinking. The lack of student motivation, the AI, the devaluation of the subject (with a reduced workload) and outdated topics are some of the challenges of teaching Geography identified by the interviewees.