Contesting informality through innovation “from below”: epistemic and political challenges in a waste pickers cooperative from Buenos Aires (Argentina)

This paper draws on an ethnographic research to critically analyze the process of formalization of the so-called “informal” recyclers within the Buenos Aires metropolitan area. It claims that their recognition by governmental and nongovernmental agencies has been mostly oriented to crystallize their...

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Main Author: Sebastián Carenzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Tapuya
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2020.1788775