The Ephemeral Anatomy of the Starlite Swap Meet, Revisited

I recently had to closely revisit some research I conducted several years ago on the Starlite Swap Meet in South Continue reading →

Edges, Patches, and Street Vendors

  With today’s post, I am diverging a bit and beginning with a focus on street vending in Los Angeles, Continue reading →

A Pleasant Encounter in a Buenos Aires Market

In my previous post, I described my experience navigating what turned out to be just a small bit of the Continue reading →

La Salada as Subject

La Salada, whose 20 hectares are lined along the south of the Rio Matanza in Buenos Aires, claims to be Continue reading →

Street Vending and Public Market Typologies in Santiago, Chile

Building on my previous post and given that my research’s intent was to observe and document public market and street Continue reading →

Coleros, Feriantes, and Power in Santiago, Chile

The Feria Modelo Juan Pinto Duran in the Municipality of Macul, Santiago, Chile, June 2011. Credit: Jennifer Renteria The Santiago Continue reading →

Latin American Street Vending and Public Markets

Intro Post by Jennifer Renteria This last summer, I traveled throughout Latin America in search of public markets and street Continue reading →