Young entrepreneurs and peripheral utopias in the south zone of São Paulo

Resumo

Grounded in an ethnographic study tracing the trajectories of four young people from the southern periphery of the city of São Paulo, this article investigates how entrepreneurship has developed as the other face of peripheral culture. Conceptualized as a utopian cultural form of self-employment, this study argues that entrepreneurship redefines the horizons of expectation that were once central to the lives of residents living on the periphery – namely, the employment and social security record card and political engagement. The article concludes that, feeling increasingly unrepresented in both the labor market and in left-wing organizations, these young people turn to the utopian ideal of entrepreneurship to navigate their personal challenges and, collectively, advance their vision of peripheral autonomy.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2025

Instituição

ANPUR

Fonte

Revista Brasileira de Estudos Urbanos e Regionais

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

DOI

10.22296/2317-1529.rbeur.202508pt

Identificador

oai:ojs.rbeur.anpur.org.br:article/7656

Licença

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Temas

EconomiaMobilidade

Palavras-chave

Atores, agentes e sujeitosEconomia socialMobilidade socioespacialPeriferias urbanasEmpreendedorismoTrabalho e rendaHorizonte de expectativaActors, Agents and SubjectsSocial EconomySocio-Spatial MobilityUrban PeripheriesEntrepreneurshipLabor and IncomeHorizons of Expectation