Carlos Efraín Montúfar Salcedo

BEYOND INFORMALITY: CULTURAL MEANINGS, MORAL ECONOMY, AND GENDER AUTONOMY IN THE POPULAR TRADE OF BOGOTÁ AND OTAVALO

This article analyzes informal trade in two urban contexts of the Global South: Bogotá (Colombia) and Otavalo (Ecuador). From the perspective of economic anthropology opposed to the traditional economicist bias, we argue that the informal economy does not constitute a simple anomaly or a precarious survival strategy. T...