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Circulation and Place-Making

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Research Context

Cuba | Spain

Research Interests

Tourism | Migration | Economy | Intimacy

Institutional Subunit

ISCTE

Biographical Note

Valerio Simoni graduated in Anthropology at the University of Neuchâtel and holds a PhD from Leeds Metropolitan University. Grounded in ethnographic research in Cuba and Spain, his work has focused on the economic, social and cultural flows generated by international tourism and migration. His current project "Returning to a Better Place: The (Re)assessment of the 'Good Life' in Times of Crisis" (ERC STG 2018-2023), contributes to three scholarly areas of enquiry: 1) the study of morality, ethics and what counts as "good life", 2) the study of the field of economic practice, its definition, value regimes, and 'crises', and 3) the study of migratory aspirations, projects, and trajectories.

Bonds

Collaborator (2017-01-01)

All projects

Data updated on 04-05-2025, from platform CIÊNCIAVITAE.

2018/02-2023/07

Returning to a Better Place: The (Re)assessment of the ‘Good Life’ in Times of Crisis

759649

Principal investigator

Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement

Financiers: European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development IDEAS The European Research Council

2017-2021

Trapped in Paradise: Entangled Mobilities and Imaginaries of Freedom

169715

Research Fellow

Financiers: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung

2016/07/01-2019/03/31

Finance Beyond Fact and Fiction: Financial Transformations in Post2008 Europe

PTDC/IVC-ANT/4520/2014

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais; Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos sobre África e do Desenvolvimento; Universidade de Lisboa Investigação em Ciências Sociais e Gestão; Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia; Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Sociologia Económica e das Organizações; ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management

Financiers: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2015-2016

Towards an anthropological approach to tourism in the Cusco region, Peru: Institutional cooperation and partnership

SM-LA 17-AF1589/71305

Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement

Financiers: Eidgenössisches Staatssekretariat für Bildung Forschung und Innovation

2014/07-2017/06

The Transformation of Intimate and Economic Lives in Cuban Tourism and Migration

147946

Principal investigator

Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement

Financiers: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung

2012-2013

Addressing the Multiple Aspects of Sustainability: Policy Programmes and Livelihood Projects [AMAS]

CSO2011-26843

Invited Scientist Fellow

Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Geografia i Història

Financiers: España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

2011-2012

Transnational Loves: Constitution and Development of Mixed Couples in Spain

REf. CSO2009-10187

Research Fellow

Universitat Rovira i Virgili - Campus Catalunya

Financiers: España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

2011/01/01-2013/12/31

Projecto Estratégico - UI 3122 - 2011-2012

PEst-OE/AFR/UI3122/2011

ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa; Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia

Financiers: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2010/07/01-2014/06/30

Controversial Commodities: The Transformations of Relationships in the Realm of Tourism in Cuba

SFRH/BPD/66483/2009

Post-doc

Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia

Financiers: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

All Publications

Data updated on 04-05-2025 , from platform CIÊNCIAVITAE .

Book chapter

Migrant, Tourist, Cuban: Identification and Belonging in Return Visits to Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Intersections of Tourism, Migration, and Exile. Routledge. 2022. Published

Encyclopedia entry

Encountering Tourism

Simoni, Valerio, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Oxford University Press. 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190854584.013.170 . Published

Journal article

Remittances and morality: family obligations, development, and the ethical demands of migration

Simoni, Valerio; Voirol, Jérémie, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 2516 - 2536. 11. 47. 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183x.2020.1779678 . 10.1080/1369183x.2020.1779678 . Published

Journal article

Appartenances et identifications à l’épreuve. Migrants en visite de retour à Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Ethnographiques.org. 2019. https://www.ethnographiques.org/2019/Simoni . 10.25667/ethnographiques/2019-37/003 . Published

Journal article

Tourism, Migration, and Back in Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, American Anthropologist. 755 - 760. 3. 121. 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aman.13307 . 10.1111/aman.13307 . Published

Book chapter

{The Borderzone} Living in and Reaching beyond the Touristic Borderzone: A View from Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, The Ethnography of Tourism: Edward Bruner and Beyond. naomi leite; Quetzil Castañeda; Kathleen Adams. Lexington Books. Lanham. 2019. Published

Journal article

Approaching Difference, Inequality, and Intimacy in Tourism: A View from Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Journal of Anthropological Research. 503 - 525. 4. 74. 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/699942 . 10.1086/699942 . Published

Journal article

Informal Guiding: Enacting Immediacy, Informality and Authenticity in Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Ethnologia Europaea . 14 - 27. 2. 48. 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.16995/ee.1956 . 10.16995/ee.1956 . Published

Journal article

Ethnographier les affects: captures, résistances, attachements

Plancke, Carine; Simoni, Valerio, TSANTSA – Journal of the Swiss Anthropological Association. 4 - 13. 23. 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.36950/tsantsa.2018.18.7284 . 10.36950/tsantsa.2018.18.7284 . Published

Journal issue

Ethnographier les affects: captures, résistances, attachements

Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology. 23. 2018. https://journal-sa.ch/issue/view/1095 . Published

Book chapter

True Love and Cunning Love: Negotiating Intimacy, Deception and Belonging in Touristic Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Intimate Mobilities. Christian Groes; Nadine Fernandez. Berghahn Books. 2018. Published

Journal article

Sex, seduction, and care for the other in touristic Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Téoros. 1 - 17. 2. 37. 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/18163 . Published

Encyclopedia entry

Hosts and Guests

Simoni, Valerio, The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism. Sage. 2017. https://sk.sagepub.com/reference/the-sage-international-encyclopedia-of-travel-and-tourism/i6110.xml . Published

Journal article

Business, Hospitality, and Change in Cuba’s Private Tourism Sector: A View from 'Casas Particulares' in Viñales

Simoni, Valerio, Tourism Planning & Development. 293 - 312. 3. 15. 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21568316.2017.1399436 . 10.1080/21568316.2017.1399436 . Published

Journal article

"Capitalism Is Just around the Corner": A View on Tourism and Economic Development from Rural Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Anthropology News. e193 - e199. 4. 58. 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/an.574 . 10.1111/an.574 . Published

Journal article

Economization, moralization, and the changing moral economies of ‘capitalism’ and ‘communism’ among Cuban migrants in Spain

Simoni, Valerio, Anthropological Theory. 454 - 475. 4. 16. 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1463499616684053 . 10.1177/1463499616684053 . Published

Journal article

Ethnography, Mutuality, and the Utopia of Love and Friendship in Touristic Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford. 143 - 167. 3. 8. 2016. https://www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/jasoonline-2016 . Published

Journal article

Rethinking Euro-anthropology: part three. Early career scholars forum

Francisco Martínez; Mariya Ivancheva; Valerio Simoni; Martin Demant Frederiksen; Livia Jiménez; Laura Hirvi; Kacper Poblocki; et al, Social Anthropology. 353 - 379. 3. 24. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1111%2F1469-8676.12327 . 10.1111/1469-8676.12327 . Published

Journal article

Intimacy and Belonging in Cuban Tourism and Migration

Simoni, Valerio, The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology. 26 - 41. 2. 33. 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/ca.2015.330204 . 10.3167/ca.2015.330204 . Published

Journal article

Breadwinners, sex machines and romantic lovers: entangling masculinities, moralities, and pragmatic concerns in touristic Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Etnografica. 389 - 411. 2. 19. 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/etnografica.4039 . 10.4000/etnografica.4039 . Published

Journal article

Masculinities in times of uncertainty and change: introduction

Piscitelli, Adriana; Simoni, Valerio, Etnografica. 293 - 299. 2. 19. 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/etnografica.4010 . 10.4000/etnografica.4010 . Published

Journal article

Breadwinners, sex machines and romantic lovers: Entangling masculinities, moralities, and pragmatic concerns in touristic Cuba | Provedores de sustento, máquinas sexuais e amantes românticos: Masculinidades, moralidades e preocupações pragmáticas interligadas na Cuba turística

Simoni, Valerio, Etnografica. 389 - 411. 2. 19. 2015. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84933527428&partnerID=MN8TOARS . Published

Journal issue

Masculinities in times of uncertainty and change

Etnografica. 2. 19. 01-06-2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/etnografica.3981 . 10.4000/etnografica.3981 . Published

Book chapter

Shaping Money and Relationships in Touristic Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Tourism Encounters and Controversies: Ontological Politics of Tourism Development. Routledge. 2015. Published

Journal article

Masculinities in times of uncertainty and change: Introduction | Masculinidades em tempos de incerteza e mudanças

Piscitelli, A.; Simoni, Valerio, Etnografica. 293 - 299. 2. 19. 2015. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84933505575&partnerID=MN8TOARS . Published

Journal article

From tourist to person: the value of intimacy in touristic Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change. 280 - 292. 3. 12. 2014. https://doi.org/10.1080%2F14766825.2014.934054 . 10.1080/14766825.2014.934054 . Published

Journal article

Tourism and transformation: negotiating metaphors, experiencing change

Sofia Sampaio; Valerio Simoni; Cyril Isnart, Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change. 93 - 101. 2. 12. 2014. https://doi.org/10.1080%2F14766825.2014.924674 . 10.1080/14766825.2014.924674 . Published

Journal article

Coping with ambiguous relationships: sex, tourism, and transformation in Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change. 166 - 183. 2. 12. 2014. https://doi.org/10.1080%2F14766825.2014.915093 . 10.1080/14766825.2014.915093 . Published

Journal article

The morality of friendship in touristic Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Suomen Antropologi. 19 - 36. 1. 39. 2014. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905509607&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.30676/jfas.124706 . Published

Journal issue

Friendship, morality, and experience

Suomen Antropologi. 1. 39. 2014. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905488052&partnerID=MN8TOARS . Published

Journal issue

Tourism and Transformation: Negotiating Metaphors, Experiencing Change

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change. 2. 12. 2014. https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rtcc20/12/2?nav=tocList . Published

Journal article

Introduction: Friendship, morality, and experience

Simoni, Valerio; Jason Thoop, Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society. 4 - 18. 1. 39. 2014. https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/issue/view/8825 . Published

Book review

Roland, L. Kaifa (2011) Cuban Color in Tourism and La Lucha: An Ethnography of Racial Meaning

Simoni, Valerio, Journeys: The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing. 2014. https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/journeys/15/1/jy150106.xml . Published

Journal article

Intimate Stereotypes: The Vicissitudes of Being Caliente in Touristic Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Civilisations. 181 - 198. 62. 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/civilisations.3320 . 10.4000/civilisations.3320 . Published

Journal article

Revisiting Hosts and Guests: Ethnographic Insights on Touristic Encounters from Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Journal of Tourism Challenges and Trends , 39-62. 39 - 62. 2. 6. 2013. https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=248980 . Published

Book chapter

Touristic Encounters Revisited: Controversies of ‘Social’ and ‘Economic’ Value in Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Tourism in the Global South: Landscapes, Identities and Development. João Sarmento; Eduardo Brito-Henriques. Universidade de Lisboa, Centro de Estudos Geográficos. Lisbon, Portugal. 2013. Published

Book chapter

Tourism Materialities: Enacting Cigars in Touristic Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Actor-Network Theory and Tourism: Ordering, Materiality and Multiplicity. René van der Duim; Carina Ren; Gunnar Thór Jóhannesson. Routledge. London. 2012. Published

Book chapter

Dancing tourists: Tourism, party and seduction in Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Emotion in Motion: Tourism, Affect and Transformation . David Picard; Mike Robinson. Routledge. 2012. Published

Book chapter

L’interculturalité comme justification: Sexe ‘couleur locale’ dans la Cuba touristique

Simoni, Valerio, Anthropologies de l’interculturalité. Anne Lavanchy; Fred Dervin; Anahy Gajardo. L'Harmattan. Paris, France. 2011. Published

Book review

Saskia Cousin and Bertrand Réau (2009) Sociologie du tourisme

Simoni, Valerio, Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change. 2010. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14766821003661299 . Published

Book chapter

Tra ‘amicizia’ e ‘interesse’: La negoziazione di relazioni nell’ambito di incontri informali tra turisti e Cubani

Simoni, Valerio, Scenari Turistici. Chiara Cipollari. CISU, Centro d’Informazione e Stampa Universitaria. Rome, Italy. 2009. Published

Journal article

Scaling cigars in the Cuban tourism economy

Simoni, Valerio, Etnografica. 417 - 438. 2. 13. 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/etnografica.1331 . 10.4000/etnografica.1331 . Published

Journal article

From ethnographers to tourists and back again

Simoni, Valerio; McCabe, Scott, Civilisations. 173 - 189. 57. 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/civilisations.1276 . 10.4000/civilisations.1276 . Published

Journal article

Shifting Power: The (De)Stabilization of Asymmetries in the Realm of Tourism in Cuba

Simoni, Valerio, Tsansta: Journal of the Swiss Anthropological Association. 89 - 97. 13. 2008. https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=tsa-002:2008:13::219#94 . Published

Book chapter

‘Riding’ Diversity: Cubans’/Jineteros’ Uses of ‘Nationality-Talks’ in the Realm of their Informal Encounters with Tourists

Simoni, Valerio, Tourism Development: Growth, Myths and Inequalities. Peter Burns; Marina Novelli. CAB International. Wallingford, Cambridge MA, United Kingdom. 2008. Published

Journal article

‘Hello my friend! Have a Look Inside, Special Price!’ Interazioni verbali tra commercianti e turisti in Ladakh (India)

Simoni, Valerio, Babylonia . 58 - 61. 5. 2. 2005. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAMQw7AJahcKEwiYsa3ulNz-AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabylonia.ch%2Ffileadmin%2Fuser_upload%2Fdocuments%2F2005-2%2Fsimoni.pdf&psig=AOvVaw3eDIDNJrboaxgjrpFrnRaR&ust=1683306743728746 . Published

Journal article

Journeys of Expression III: Tourism and Festivals as Transnational Practice

Simoni, Valerio, International Journal of Tourism Research. 375 - 376. 5. 6. 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jtr.497 . 10.1002/jtr.497 . Published

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