CHIBEIROS E A FRONTEIRA COMO SUSTENTO: REFLEXÕES SOBRE O VIVER DA FRONTEIRA
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https://doi.org/10.48075/m2racb31Keywords:
fronteira, chibo, integração transfronteiriça, comércio informalAbstract
This article aims to analyze the practice of “chibo” in border regions, understanding it as a strategy for work, circulation, and reproduction of life in the border context. It starts from a theoretical approach that dialogues with authors who conceive the border as a socially produced territory. Methodologically, the study is based on a bibliographic review and theoretical analysis of border practices, with an emphasis on the dynamics of small-scale trade. As a result, it is evident that “chibo” cannot be understood solely from the perspective of illegality, but as a historically constructed practice, sustained by knowledge, strategies, and social relations that structure daily life on the border. It concludes that “chibo” operators act as social mediators, articulating the circulation of goods, information, and social ties, revealing the tensions and complementarities between the limits of state polices in the face of the concrete dynamics of border territories.
Keywords: Border, chibo, informal trade.
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