Cosmopolitan Culture and Migration in Ecuador

Intro

cosmopolitanism

methodology

Methods

• Observations in eight neighbourhoods in Quito Semi-structured interviews food truck consumers (23) food truck owners and including managers (9) Employees (14)

Data analysis

• Atlas Ti Discourse analysis

Background: La Platea - Floresta

Venezuelan Migration

Findings

• Food truck owners, workers and consumers co-construct of these cosmopolitan spaces and aesthetic
• Class, ethnicity and gender are horizontally differentiated through cultural and economic capital
• performative aspects of the food truck scene: who can participate and how they participate?

The aesthetics of the food truck scene