Franeleros. Urban transformation and informal work in Mexico City
Abstract
The article discusses the complex relationship that exists between the contemporary neo-liberal metropolis and the popular uses of the public space, with particular reference to the presence of informal commerce in urban spaces. From the empirical study case of abusive parkers in Mexico City, I try to reflect on how actors who do not find space in the formal economy create practices and survival strategies to fit into a social context that marginalizes them, excludes them and tries to expel them from public space through the so-called displacement policies. The ethnographic goal is to enter the world of daily life of the informal work of abusive parkers in La Merced, a intensive commercial area of the city center of Mexico City, to understand closely, through the eyes of the subjects involved, what are the social functions covered by informal commerce, how it is organized and what is the use and appropriation of urban space for the Mexican capital popular sector.
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