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In Mexico City, where many ''tianguis'' have ceased to be periodic to become permanent features of streets, tianguis have merged with the ''barrio'' (neighbourhood) to construct a ''rumbo'' (a popular term similar to latin locution ‘''locus''’) (Barbosa 2006: 02). This is the case of Tepito, a popular ''barrio-tianguis''. ''Rumbos'' have emerged as a popular way of dividing the city that does not correspond to the administrative division. “New neighbourhoods” are created from the territorial delimitation created by street vendors and their stalls, working as a liminal space between public/private dichotomy. The emergence of these ''barrio-tianguis'' blurs the distinction between work and housing (Barbosa 2006: 08). At Tepito, ''tianguis'' has become a neighbourhood and the neighbourhood has become a ''tianguis''. | In Mexico City, where many ''tianguis'' have ceased to be periodic to become permanent features of streets, tianguis have merged with the ''barrio'' (neighbourhood) to construct a ''rumbo'' (a popular term similar to latin locution ‘''locus''’) (Barbosa 2006: 02). This is the case of Tepito, a popular ''barrio-tianguis''. ''Rumbos'' have emerged as a popular way of dividing the city that does not correspond to the administrative division. “New neighbourhoods” are created from the territorial delimitation created by street vendors and their stalls, working as a liminal space between public/private dichotomy. The emergence of these ''barrio-tianguis'' blurs the distinction between work and housing (Barbosa 2006: 08). At Tepito, ''tianguis'' has become a neighbourhood and the neighbourhood has become a ''tianguis''. | ||
There is no doubt about the political strength of the ''tianguero'' leaders in Mexico City, especially in Tepito. ''Tianguero'' leaders do not subordinate to the authorities, but resist, negotiate their legitimate presence in the public space. Performing a complicated balancing act between resistance and co-optation, they use '' | There is no doubt about the political strength of the ''tianguero'' leaders in Mexico City, especially in Tepito. ''Tianguero'' leaders do not subordinate to the authorities, but resist, negotiate their legitimate presence in the public space. Performing a complicated balancing act between resistance and co-optation, they use ''[[palanca]]'' to keep the ''tianguis'' afloat. Yet, in becoming local informal leaders, they never set a mafia style criminal organisation resting on corruption, as they are often accused of (Cross 1998: 41-61). While often tolerated by authorities, at times there are special operations targeting tianguis. For instance, during years 2015 and 2016, in Guadalajara, instructed by local authories, the police eradicated the ''tianguis'' from a large part of the city centre, through a social cleansing operation of extreme violence (Espinosa 2016, 2017). | ||
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