MANERAS DE TRABAJAR: SANTAFÉ DE BOGOTÁ (SIGLO XVIII)

Abstract

This paper explores work organization in Santafe de Bogota at the end of the 18th century. Upon mixing sources of administrative and judicial nature as well as church archives, chronicles, and traveler's narratives, three key features of urban labor are highlighted: the dynamics of mixed peoples, its plural and changing nature, and the weak connections in trade fields. Through the analysis of a shoe-maker's guild, this paper goes beyond trade categories, delving into complex social networks involving both female and male labor, as well as connections between work, social hierarchies, sociability, kinship, racial stratification and loyalty to the chief.