Turismo literário e mediação tecnológica

a rota Machado de Assis pelas lentes das mobilidades

Abstract

This article introduces the concept of the narrative mobility device as an original contribution to understanding the intersections between literature, the city, and technology in contemporary literary tourism. Based on an analysis of the Machado de Assis Literary Route, a digital itinerary through downtown Rio de Janeiro, it examines how technical mediation reorganizes modes of reading, forms of presence, and regimes of urban memory. Grounded in the Mobilities Paradigm and the notion of the dispositif, the study mobilizes five dimensions already established in the literature (physical, communicational, imaginative, virtual, and material) to build an interpretive framework for the case. It argues that the Route converts the literary work into a spatial practice guided by digital platforms, establishing a curation of attention that tends to soften Machado’s critical ambiguity. By examining this technical and symbolic assemblage, the article demonstrates that the circulation of literature in a touristic context operates as a mediated form of heritage-making, reconfiguring the relations between text, body, and city.