Vendeurs ambulants à Rio de Janeiro : expériences citadines et défis des pratiques urbaines

Abstract

This article intends to present information about the street vendors in different spaces of the metropolis of Rio de Janeiro. Who are the street vendors? How do they use their relationship and networks for their economic activities? How do they enter in conflict with the public power to negotiate their daily space of work? These are the main issues that we are going to present in this paper.

Keywords

• ambulantism
• street vending
• conflict
• social network
• metropolization/metropolisation