How live music in Lisbon reflects tensions between touristification, gentrification, and cultural resistance in the contemporary city.
Category Archives: Papers
Gentrification and Touristification in Madrid
A new study on Madrid reveals how the interplay between gentrification and touristification is reshaping central neighbourhoods like Lavapiés and pushing vulnerable populations toward the urban periphery.
Light festivals in Portugal: from urban experimentation to cultural strategy
How light festivals in Portugal evolved into tools of urban policy, tourism, and nightlife transformation. A sociological analysis.
Light Festivals and Night-Time Experience in Cities
Why do people attend light festivals? A sociological analysis of night-time experience, emotions, and urban life through the Lumina festival.
15-Minute City and Nightlife Decline in Barcelona
How the 15-minute city model is linked to the decline of nightlife in Barcelona. New research on urban planning, policy, and night studies.
Tourist nightlife and the colonization of the urban night in Lisbon
A critical analysis of tourist nightlife in Lisbon and how tourism is reshaping the urban night through power, gender, and governance dynamics.
New Article Published: When the Night Cools Down – Touristification and Authenticity in Lisbon’s Cais do Sodré
A new article has been published in Estudios Turísticos, co-authored with Guilherme Teixeira Costa and Jordi Nofre: “Cuando se enfría la noche: Sobre la turistificación del antiguo barrio rojo de Cais do Sodré y la autenticidad de la vida nocturna de Lisboa.” The article presents a critical ethnographic study (2020–2024) on the spatial, social, symbolic, and heritage impacts ofContinueContinue reading “New Article Published: When the Night Cools Down – Touristification and Authenticity in Lisbon’s Cais do Sodré”
New Article: Mi-e Dor De Tine – Light Festivals and the Romanian Diaspora
I’m excited to share that my paper, “Mi-e Dor De Tine: Light Festivals, Emotional Narratives, and the Romanian Diaspora,” has just been published in the latest thematic issue of the Philosophy of the City Journal! In this article, I explore how the Mi-e Dor De Tine light installation has transcended its artistic form to become a powerful emotional and symbolicContinueContinue reading “New Article: Mi-e Dor De Tine – Light Festivals and the Romanian Diaspora”
Manuel Garcia-Ruiz 