História social da institucionalização do campo acadêmico do turismo no Brasil: uma análise da história de vida da terceira geração de seus empreendedores institucionais

Abstract

This research aims to analyze how social actions, through the individual conduct of key actors considered as institutional entrepreneurs, affect the process of (re)institutionalization of the academic field of Tourism in Brazil, among those who make up the third generation of academics in this field. The research is justified because of the social historical record of the institutionalization process of the field and the complementation of a research agenda that encompasses first and second order generations. The premise adopted is that the institutionalization of the academic field of Tourism can be studied from the action of agents related to their ability to shape it, based on the notion that they are social constructions. The methodological procedures correspond to qualitative research. Life history methods are used for data collection, by means of in-depth interviews. Categorical content analysis was used to process the data. Thirteen members belonging to the International Academy for the Development of Tourism Research in Brazil were interviewed. The results show that the skills of institutional entrepreneurs are present in the interweaving between their life stories and those of the field.