Inizio dell'enclave etnica brasiliana a Dublino

This research is intended to investigate the ways in which mobilities, and ethnic enclaves are influencing urban landscapes to fully comprehend the breadth of mobility in urban spaces. This ethnographic research is conducted in Dublin, Ireland with members of an emerging Brazilian ethnic enclave on Capel Street. The ethnographic research consisting of interviews and participant observation is situated within the literature of the new mobilities turn. The informants are both Brazilian and non-Brazilian English-language students participating in ‘language tourism’, a study abroad experience designed to immerse the students in their target language of English, as well as expose them to cultural norms and traditions of Ireland. Through this research I have discovered the Brazilian students coming to Dublin to study English, are transporting and transplanting Brazilian identity markers and cultural ideologies into the city’s tissue. Specifically, through the development and continuation of a mobility-driven ethnic enclave Brazilian students are regenerating the city centre of Dublin. These transformations are precursors to further urban tissue changes manifested by mobility and ethnic boundaries.