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The Swap-meet: A Space for Identity, Community, and Partnership Zaira A. Rojas Navarro Politics, Philosophy, & Economics Dr. Cynthia Howson University of Washington - Tacoma Context The U.S exists as a Nationalist Hostile Environment

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The Swap-meet: A Space for Identity, Community, and Partnership

Zaira A. Rojas Navarro Politics, Philosophy, & Economics

  • Dr. Cynthia Howson

University of Washington - Tacoma

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Context

  • The U.S exists as a Nationalist Hostile

Environment

  • Criminalization of Immigration
  • Criminalization of Migrant Identity
  • Localizing the Issue
  • Detention Center in Tacoma
  • Closure of the Swap-meet
  • Autonomous Zones
  • Identity
  • Community
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How do migrant communities cope in a hostile nationalist environment?

  • Creativity and Entrepreneurship
  • What avenues were accessible/inaccessible for the vendors?
  • What sort of barriers did/do the vendors experience?
  • How did the vendors overcome the barriers they faced?
  • Building Solidarity and Security
  • How is a sense of security created by the vendors and

leadership?

  • What role if any does each segment of the play?
  • Purpose and Meaning
  • What role does the family play in the choices made by migrant

communities?

  • Is the swap-meet just about making money?
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Methodologies

  • 11 Months Participating and Observing
  • Insider Participatory Observation
  • shared experiences;
  • greater access;
  • cultural interpretation;
  • deeper understanding and clarity of thought
  • Formal & Informal Interviews
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Results

  • Culture Matters; Identity &

Ownership

  • Mutual understanding between the

Tribe and swap-meet managers

  • El Americano vs Spanish speaking

management

  • Community & Relations
  • Relationships beyond the economics
  • The Life We Want
  • Gendered roles
  • Family matters
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  • Scholars and local

governments need to adjust the way they conceptualize the way businesses function:

  • diversity of business cultures
  • social function of

collaborative business spaces (eg swap-meets)

  • diversity of business cultures

(exemplified by indigenous and latinx experiences)

Solutions

“The work we do here is honest. Latinos work hard and provide for their families…we are good people who just want the space to do these things.”