Urban street fairs in Curitiba from the ecosocioeconomy perspective

Despite boosting cities and preserving local culture in the face of changes imposed on urban markets in the global south, urban street fairs are territories that are still not well understood. Our objective is to evaluate urban street fairs as a locus of local territorial development from the perspe...

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Published in:Journal of urban affairs 2024, Vol.ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), p.1-23
Main Authors: Procopiuck, Mario, Sampaio, Carlos Alberto Cioce, Freder, Schirlei Mari, Garcia, Manon, Rosa, Altair
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cities
Consumer goods
Cultural change
Ecosocioeconomy
Governance
International trade
Local culture
Markets
Natural products
Preservation
socio-productive arrangements
street vendors
Streets
Surveys
sustainable development
Urban areas
Urban development
urban street fairs
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Summary:Despite boosting cities and preserving local culture in the face of changes imposed on urban markets in the global south, urban street fairs are territories that are still not well understood. Our objective is to evaluate urban street fairs as a locus of local territorial development from the perspective of the ecosocioeconomy. Methodologically, it is a survey with a sample of 334 on 485 street vendors in Curitiba, complemented by documentary surveys, interviews, and observations in-situ. As a result, urban street fairs are socio-productive arrangements emerging from the interaction among multiple rationalities; street vendors opt for their work due to tradition and preference for trade and not a market limitation; natural products (organic and traditional) are links between ecologically desirable commercial and productive practices. The perspective of ecosocioeconomy captures the material and symbolic constitution and development of urban street fairs as a complex relational territory embedded in the city, with its internalized and externalized interrelations in an urban governance system influenced by different rationalities and constituted by a multiplicity of actors in different spaces and times.
ISSN:0735-2166
1467-9906
DOI:10.1080/07352166.2022.2039558