Mörtenböck, Peter and Mooshammer, Helge, eds. 2023. IN/FORMAL Marketplaces: Experiments With Urban Reconfiguration. Rotterdam: nai010 publishers. ISBN 9789462088092 [Edited Book]

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Abstract or Description

From nomadic labour to online services and from street food kitchens to pop-up shops, informality is on the rise as never before. Its transformative power can be seen in the new ways we produce, consume and live, with commerce playing a crucial role in these changes. The resulting tension between the formal and the informal is nowhere more evident than in the struggles over contested marketplaces.

This book provides a deeper understanding of the formal-informal linkages that have given shape to some of the world’s largest and most unique open-air marketplaces. Its rich and engaging visual analyses of markets in cities such as Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Dubai and New York reveal the hidden connections between informal trade, neoliberal governance and urban development.

Item Type:	Edited Book
Additional Information:	Includes case studies of twelve in/formal marketplaces from around the world: Cherkizovsky Market, Moscow by Anton Nikolotov Saphan Lek Market, Bangkok by Trude Laura Renwick La Salada Fair, Buenos Aires by m7red Dajabón Binational Market by Melisa Vargas Roque Santeiro, Luanda by Allan Cain Gujari Bazaar, Ahmedabad by Vyjayanthi V. Rao and Simpreet Singh Karama Market, Dubai by Samar Halloum Tin Shui Wai Dawn Market, Hong Kong by Paul Chu Encants Vells, Barcelona by Carmen Lael Hines Arizona Market, Brcko by Lovro Koncar-Gamulin Brooklyn Flea, New York by Carmen Lael Hines Talad Rot Fai, Bangkok by Trude Laura Renwick
Keywords:	informal economy, urban transformation, formal-informal linkages, globalisation
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Visual Cultures
Date:	October 2023
Item ID:	34084
Date Deposited:	18 Jan 2024 09:34
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2024 09:34
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/34084

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