Abstract Dozens of boutique auto shops in Guatemala City fortify cars against varying levels of threat, from 9 mm pistols to military grade assault rifles. Mechanics line windows, wheels, and even skylights with bulletproof materials, promising an almost impenetrable vehicle amid a decidedly violent Central American city. In response to this growing confidence not just in Kevlar but also the intimacy of artisanal labour, this paper engages the culture of armoured cars to open an ethnographic window into the construction of trust amid a social context rife with urban violence, political corruption and economic inequality. As extended fieldwork evidences, mobile fortification reorients social relationships towards the imperative to trust – auto shop owners, mechanics and even the cars themselves – while also expanding the footprint of those who supposedly occupy the wrong side of a security wall.

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建立信任，调动安全：危地马拉城装甲车的制造和销售

摘要 危地马拉城的数十家精品汽车店强化汽车抵御不同级别的威胁，从 9 毫米手枪到军用级突击步枪。机械师用防弹材料将窗户、轮子甚至天窗排成一行，保证在一个绝对暴力的中美洲城市中几​​乎无法穿透车辆。为了回应人们对 Kevlar 以及手工劳动的亲密关系日益增长的信心，本文利用装甲车文化为在充斥着城市暴力、政治腐败和经济不平等的社会背景下建立信任的人种学打开了一扇窗户. 作为扩展的实地调查证据，移动设防将社会关系重新定位到信任的必要性——汽车店主、