TY  - JOUR 
TI  - Rebuscadores de la calle: a Photograph of the Working Poor in Bogotá
PB  - Universidad Icesi
PY  - 2019
issn 2011-0324
AB  - Using qualitative methodologies, this paper offers a contribution to the very recent literature
on rebusque by characterizing the practice of the social grouping that I will refer to
as «street rebuscadores» in Bogotá. Based on eighteen months of ethnographic research
in the localities of Ciudad Bolívar and Suba (2012-2014), this paper draws on Bourdieu’s
theory of practice, particularly on the concepts of habitus and capital, to argue that street
rebuscadores share a similar volume and composition of overall capital (or habitus), as well
as various practices associated with their habitus. Within that theoretical framework, this
paper describes and analyses four common practices of street rebuscadores, in the hope
of shedding some light on the logic underneath those practices. Ultimately, my political
goal is also to give some visibility to the most vulnerable segment of the working poor.
KW  - Trabajo temporal
KW  - Etnografía
KW  - Mercado laboral
KW  - Aspectos económicos
KW  - Aspectos socioeconómicos
UR  - http://repository.icesi.edu.co/biblioteca_digital/handle/10906/84633
ER  -