Passinho and Pacification
As I listened to a Youtube video of a Passinho battle, with it’s rough and heavy funke soundtrack, something perfectly Continue reading
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Then, there was El Tepito …
The evening before visiting El Tepito, a neighborhood just a few blocks north of the Zocalo, to explore its ever-sprawling, Continue reading
Tianguis of Tarps in Mexico City
In a recent The Atlantic Cities post, a collection of Google Earth images of Mexico City’s tianguis (or street markets) Continue reading
Marketing “3rd World” Thrift
In 2009 I was talking with a friend of ours in Santa Elena de Uairén, Venezuela just North of the Continue reading
Street Vendors on Wheels in Lima, Peru
During my Winter 2011 visit to Lima, Peru, what intrigued me most of the street vending culture there were the Continue reading
Los Angeles’ El Mercado del Pueblo and Street Vending Initiative
As a way to advance the discussion on legalizing street vending in Los Angeles (link), local organizations, with the help Continue reading
In/Outside the Ferinha da Madrugada
What follows is a series of captioned images that attempts to succinctly describe the complicated relationship between the street vendors 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
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