Redistribución y reconocimiento de la Economía Popular El conflicto por el uso del espacio público de las ferias populares de Guaymallén

Abstract

The popular fairs in Argentina are part of the various strategies of struggle and survival during the crisis of the late 90s that were maintained and expanded despite the subsequent economic recovery. The Confederation of Workers of the Popular Economy (CTEP) and, later, the Union of Workers of the Popular Economy (UTEP) have promoted demands for economic redistribution and the recognition of workers as subjects of Rights.

The singularity of the popular fairs is that they place their work spaces in the urban space, specifically, on the public space, therefore, thinking about work in the popular economy is also thinking about the use and appropriation of the territories. In this line, the purpose of this article is to analyze the dispute over the use of public space from the conflict between popular fairgrounds and the municipal government of Guaymallén (Mendoza, 2022). Said conflict also exhibits the subordination of work -outside the salary relationship- in the metropolitan areas and, in this way, forms of resistance and the intertwining of the demands of fairgrounds with the organizations of the Popular Economy are noticed.