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Becoming a repair entrepreneur: an ethnography of skills training in Brazil.

Santa Efigênia in São Paulo is an important Latin American hub for buying and selling electronics. This article draws on long-term fieldwork to discuss repair training in the neighbourhood. While scholars have looked at formal and informal educational spaces, this article looks at a new kind of inst...

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Published in:Third World Quarterly Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 640 - 658
Main Author: Gil, Liliana
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2024
Subjects:
Brazil
Occupational training
Repair & maintenance services
Skilled labor training
Street maintenance
Electronic technicians
Entrepreneurship
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost