Relações entre múltiplas redes no bairro Alto (Lisboa)

Abstract

Having sprung up in the 16th century, Bairro Alto is a neighborhood located in Lisbon's downtown area and can be con-sidered a typical popular neighborhood, with a predominantly elderly popula-tion, which is historically characterized by various forms of bohemian life. In the 1980's, the rise of increased nightlife activities,followed by some changes that occurred in the neighborhood, attracted a growing number of goers from sev-eral social networks. The article presents some outcomes from an ethnographical research initiated in 2007, with emphasis on three dimensions: the methodological consequences of the anthropologist's in-teractions with Portuguese, Brazilian and African persons who frequent the area; the emphasis on observations of a specif-ic street and its sociability dynamics; the reconstitution of some specific networks articulating Bairro Alto night goers.