Open AccessSecond Residence and Appropriation Process
Author(s) -
Haron Cardoso Fabre,
Viviane Kraieski de Assunção,
Maíra Longhinotti Felippe,
Teresinha Maria Gonçalves
Publication year - 2022
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2411-2933
DOI - 10.31686/ijier.vol10.iss1.3595
Subject(s) - residence , appropriation , urbanization , exploratory research , geography , sociology , qualitative research , population , sense of place , identity (music) , phenomenon , socioeconomics , gender studies , demography , social science , economic growth , aesthetics , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , economics
Balneario Rincão (State of Santa Catarina, Brazil) has been undergoing a major urbanization process due to the growing demand of the population for beaches in summer seasons. In this sense, this work analyzed the phenomenon of the second residence through the relationship of the subjects with their beach houses. The research is qualitative, exploratory, with semi-structured interviews and unsystematic observation. Eleven middle-class individuals aged 27-72 years participated in the study. The process of appropriation of the second residences was analyzed through the concepts of identification, personification, cultivation, sense of belonging, essential place and identity of the place. It was found that the subjects take ownership of the second residence and its use is strongly related to sociability and family and also to moments of leisure that often do not have in their primary residences in urban centers.