Neighborhood commerce as space for sociability in local contexts of migration

Abstract

This paper deals with neighborhood commerce as a key sphere for sociability in migration local contexts. It is focused in three questions that contribute to the analysis of harmonious relationship and conflict between neighbors of different ethnocultural origin: 1) the link between commerce --as a place where etnocultural identity is expresed-- and a culturalist construction of conflict; 2) how commerce articulates with others spaces of sociability and 3) the multiplicity of spaces that commercial activity offers for interaction.