Proyectos Comunitarios in Havana: Tourism as Resource for Grassroots Development in Late Socialist Cuba
W "Revista del CESLA. International Latin American Studies Review" ukazał się artykuł Oskara Lubińskiego, doktoranta w IEiAK poświęcony turystyce jako źródłu oddolnego rozwoju na Kubie doby późnego socjalizmu.
Keywords: Cuba, tourism, development, community projects, informal settlements
Abstract
The aim of this article is to consider intersections between tourism-oriented economies and the politics of infrastructure and community development in a (late) socialist country. I argue that although tourism is usually considered a mechanism that deepens existing inequalities and creates new ones, in the context of late socialist Cuba it becomes a resource that the creation of new ideas for community development and brings attention to various social issues. My research builds on a rich body of work that considers the impact of touristic transformations in Cuba while linking it to the critical reflection on Cuban revolutionary ideology and strategies of community engagement.
Author Biography
Oskar Lubiński is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology (University of Warsaw). Since 2018 he has been conducting research on informal settlements in Havana and strategies of overcoming social marginalization realized by community projects in the city. He received his MA in the same Institute where he presented a thesis on networks of mutual help created by owners of private b2bs in Cuba. He also received an MA in Iberian Philology at the University of Warsaw where he prepared a thesis on Pacific Alliance as a new proposal for regional integration in Latin America.