I love this picture as a representation of informality--it seems to suggest that informality is more the norm than the exception (a lot of research backs that up).
It also makes me think of the way informality is parallel to formality, but from its own perspective, is formality parallel to it instead? The case of Dharavi, India seems to suggest this. It has been a center of commerce, even interfacing at the global level. Dharavi has been said to "feed" Mumbai--with millions of dollars of commerce taking place in this slum of Dharavi every year. Is Dharavi a shadow to Mumbai, or is Mumbai in some ways dependent on the commerce and production that takes place in Dharavi?
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