Abstract
This photo essay shows the process of dar vista, a vendors’ practice that consists in presenting a stall considering certain aesthetic elements by which crucial communication is convey among different actors of the street market to secure its existence. The essay exposes the importance of the stall materiality and visuality in relation to its aesthetic production, affectivities, and values, which results in a particular visual language of the market. This work is based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2012 and 2013 in collaboration with Route 8, a street market organization part of the Market on Wheels program run by Mexico City’s Secretary of Economic Development.
Publisher
Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropologia Social
Subject
Development,Geography, Planning and Development
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