The main goal of this article is to evidence the Brazilian scientific production from the published researches in the Thesis Catalog of dissertations from CAPES, about transvestites and transsexuals. Therefore, in a universe of more than a million academic researches published until April 2019, it is evidenced a total of only 573 papers related to the theme, representing 0,05 of the total productions. Even with the verified increase of the publishes from the year 2008, these numbers still not represent the little representativity of the research area, pointing to the marginalization of these studies, in the scientific Brazilian production scenario. However, in this article, we evidence the emergency of other themes, such as body, transphobia, health, gender studies, indicating that the perspective if the diseases have been undermined towards the resistance perspective, while the reflections around the promotion of the citizenship of these people have won emphasis in the researches.

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We present a case study of the Thematic Cartography and Image of the City of Ponta Grossa, in which maps were analyzed as tourist maps. We sought to perform a qualitative analysis of the communicational efficiency of seven selected maps from the collection of the Municipal Secretariat of Tourism, created and advertised by the municipality and partners in specific tourism projects. We employed the methodology proposed by Fiori (2007) and other authors, who seek to understand the relationships between Cartography, Tourism, and the theme of the Image of Cities. The maps analyzed reveal different perspectives of city image, with several visual limitations and misconceptions regarding the elaboration of an attractive and efficient tourist map. The absence of a main theme of representation is evidenced by the discontinuity, divergences, and controversies among the maps studied. As instances we cite the negligence as to scale, title and legend box; also, there are difficulties associated with the thematic selection and artistic representation, as adventure tourism, nature tourism, cultural heritage, or others, according to the tourist ideal of the manager of his time. The representation of urban attractions and infrastructure (hotels, urban cultural heritage, transportation network) is opposed to the natural attractions located in the rural zone, omitting details of importance to the tourist. We also notice the insufficiency of maps aimed at different publics, such as foreigners and disabled people. The production does not establish a cohesive image discourse that points to the direction of the tourist experience to be consolidated.

A concepção de Merleau-Ponty (2006) sobre corpo-sujeito/fenomenal indica a existência ativa do corpo perante o mundo. Este texto aborda a relação corpo-sujeito com a paisagem constituída pela posição do corpo-espaço (horizonte de pensamento). A produção de uma metodologia que mobilize o corpo na compreensão das percepções espaciais na vivência cotidiana da rua, por meio do trabalho de campo, é outro aspecto propedêutico do presente ensaio. Disso posto, foram produzidos três exercícios teórico-práticos a partir da posição do corpo-pesquisador-espaço. Esses exercícios são apresentados no texto na forma de narrativas e contemplam o corpo atravessado pela consciência de realidade, imaginário e espaço — mediados pelo ‘pensamento-paisagem’. A articulação dessas reflexões com as discussões sobre assemblage remete a uma perspectiva de abordar fenômenos fluidos e efêmeros na Geografia.