Report this article to the moderation team Average response time: 1 to 5 hours In the meanders of Barbès, a heady scent of tobacco mixes with the scent of Algerian cuisine. Beyond appearances, each pack of Algerian Marlboro conceals a story, a network and a tactic. Far from being a simple object of consumption, this cigarette becomes a vector of everyday life, a tool of resistance and a symbol of a parallel economy. Inspired by the work of Michel de Certeau, we propose to explore the "arts of making" of street vendors, these craftsmen of the in-between who, through an object as banal as a pack of cigarettes, invent the rules of the game. Between the Place de la Charbonnière and the incessant... [Read more]