Organizations towards life: Mutual relations among peddlers in San Jose from the popular economy perspective

Starting from the concept of popular economics, this work aims to bring the reader into the daily life of San Jose peddlers. Sharing with them experiences in their work spaces and by a review of its historical memory, it is concluded that street vending is not only an alternative to exclusive conditions of formal economy. It is more an inherited practice, which is enjoyed most of the times and remains on the chaotically - organized San Jose streets, despite the harsh circumstances.