Luiz Alexandre Mees
Luiz Alexandre Mees, PhD in Anthropology (UFF), Master’s in Social History of Culture (PUC-Rio), Bachelor’s in Tourism (AESG) and in Social Communication (UFES). Associate Professor in the Department of Tourism and Heritage at UNIRIO and researcher at Latin American universities. Reviewer and member of the scientific committee of Brazilian and international academic journals; coordinator of research/extension projects and member of the research groups LEMBRAR (ESPM) and Tourism and Geografi-cities (UNIRIO). Collaborator in the Graduate Programs at Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (Argentina) and IU Colegio Mayor de Antioquia (Colombia). With more than 20 years of teaching experience in Tourism courses, he studies the tourism phenomenon and activity from the perspective of the Human and Social Sciences. His current research topics are: (i) tourism in favelas and popular neighborhoods; (ii) theory of travel and tourism; (iii) material culture produced by tourism; (iv) tourist images, imaginaries, and representations; (v) itineraries and guidebooks.
