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In this sense, social perspectives on design see ''chazas'' as a Lego game, that is, as a modular assembly whose size, number of pieces and type of components are function of the resources-at-hand, the type of product(s) to be commercialized and the characteristics of the public space in which it will operates (Ramirez-Diaz 2024<ref> Ramírez-Díaz, C. 2024. Diseñar en el Sur: sobre la racionalidad de un diseño mestizo. In C. Ramírez-Ajiaco and Y.J. Gómez-Morales (eds.), Ensamblando límites, informalidad, fraude e innovación. Bogotá: Editorial Uniagustiniana: 1-42 | In this sense, social perspectives on design see ''chazas'' as a Lego game, that is, as a modular assembly whose size, number of pieces and type of components are function of the resources-at-hand, the type of product(s) to be commercialized and the characteristics of the public space in which it will operates (Ramirez-Diaz 2024<ref> Ramírez-Díaz, C. 2024. Diseñar en el Sur: sobre la racionalidad de un diseño mestizo. In C. Ramírez-Ajiaco and Y.J. Gómez-Morales (eds.), Ensamblando límites, informalidad, fraude e innovación. Bogotá: Editorial Uniagustiniana: 1-42 | ||
</ref>). There are ''chazas'' of all kinds of products, from garbage food to cigarettes by the piece, from clothes to mobile phone accessories, from cups of coffee, herbal tea or fresh fruit to more elaborate recipes cooked on the spot. There are book ''chazas'', CD ''chazas'', obsolete tools and appliances ''chazas'', and even ''chazas'' of witchcraft and some other utilitarian spiritual artefacts. | </ref>). There are ''chazas'' of all kinds of products, from garbage food to cigarettes by the piece, from clothes to mobile phone accessories, from cups of coffee, herbal tea or fresh fruit to more elaborate recipes cooked on the spot. There are book ''chazas'', CD ''chazas'', obsolete tools and appliances ''chazas'', and even ''chazas'' of witchcraft and some other utilitarian spiritual artefacts. | ||
''Chazas'' are widespread in large and medium-sized cities in Colombia, and similar collections can be found throughout Latin America | ''Chazas'' are widespread in large and medium-sized cities in Colombia, and similar collections can be found throughout Latin America. There are ''chazas'' in México City, La Paz, Lima and Quito. In all these cases, one thing is certain: there is a large second-hand citizenry that has made a living from operating the ''chaza'' on the margins of the state (Ramirez-Ajiaco y Gómez-Morales 2024<ref> Ramírez-Ajiaco C. and Gómez-Morales, Y.J. (eds.) 2024. Ensamblando límites, informalidad, fraude e innovación. Bogotá: Editorial Uniagustiniana</ref>). | ||
[[File:Small Town semi rural Chaza_see how flexible the assamblege can be.jpg|thumb|x250px|centre|A small town, semi-rural ''chaza''. Note how flexible the assemblage can be. Source: Author. © Yuri Jack Gómez ]] | [[File:Small Town semi rural Chaza_see how flexible the assamblege can be.jpg|thumb|x250px|centre|A small town, semi-rural ''chaza''. Note how flexible the assemblage can be. Source: Author. © Yuri Jack Gómez ]] | ||
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