Situated Relational Networks: Empowerment and Entrepreneurship in the Rocinha Slum
Pereira IN, Brufato A, Loureiro F, Bartholo R (2021)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2021
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Book Volume: 219 LNNS
Pages Range: 240-247
Conference Proceedings Title: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Event location: Virtual, Online
ISBN: 9783030746018
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-74602-5_36
Abstract
The paper presents a qualitative study on entrepreneurship in the Rocinha slum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from the perspective of the effectuation approach developed by Saras Sarasvathy. Effectuation is the key for interpreting four case studies focused on the social, economic, and cultural relationships between the slum and the north-eastern region of Brazil – the origin of many of Rocinha’s residents. The interviews indicated the importance of relational links between Rocinha and Northeast of Brazil either in the slum’s economic dynamism or its identity affirmation, an aspect revealed in one interview with an entrepreneur who sends the rent income to relatives in the Northeast, for example. As a possible unfolding of future research, the effectuation approach seems adequate for the study, not only for startups, but also for the operation of such initiatives in those contexts marked by radical uncertainties, as is the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro.
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APA:
Pereira, I.N., Brufato, A., Loureiro, F., & Bartholo, R. (2021). Situated Relational Networks: Empowerment and Entrepreneurship in the Rocinha Slum. In Nancy L. Black, W. Patrick Neumann, Ian Noy (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (pp. 240-247). Virtual, Online: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
MLA:
Pereira, Isabella Nunes, et al. "Situated Relational Networks: Empowerment and Entrepreneurship in the Rocinha Slum." Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021, Virtual, Online Ed. Nancy L. Black, W. Patrick Neumann, Ian Noy, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. 240-247.
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