This paper focuses on the role played by migrants in the informal economy in the emblematic tourist sites of a Global North metropolis, paying heed to their interactions with tourists. It investigates the acceptability of the migrants’ presence by probing the distance or proximity of tourists to migrant vendors. Our key hypothesis is that these subaltern assert a certain right to the city by mastering interpersonal distances with others and changing the dominant meaning attached to major tourist sites. This research draws on in-depth fieldwork carried out in four of Paris's most famous attractions: the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame, Montmartre, and the Louvre. It is based on ethnographic observations, 75 interviews in five languages with tourists, and 29 interviews with actors in the informal economy, often street vendors. Analyzing this research material has allowed us to conceptualize a wide range of strategies by which migrants negotiate their place in the city. We highlight three modalities of proxemic relationships between tourists and migrants that shape the multi-scalar emotional experiences of these sites. These complex (im)possible proximities help us better grasp how a translocal and progressive sense of place is at stake, in the very heart of a global city.

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大都市的街头贩卖：巴黎移民与游客之间的接近、距离和情感

本文重点关注移民在全球北部大都市的标志性旅游景点中的非正规经济中所扮演的角色，并注意他们与游客的互动。它通过探查游客与移民供应商的距离或接近程度来调查移民存在的可接受性。我们的关键假设是，这些从属阶层通过掌握与他人的人际距离并改变主要旅游景点的主导意义来维护城市的某种权利。这项研究利用了在巴黎四个最著名的景点进行的深入实地调查：埃菲尔铁塔、巴黎圣母院、蒙马特和卢浮宫。它基于民族志观察、以五种语言对游客进行的 75 次采访，以及对非正规经济中的参与者（通常是街头小贩）的 29 次采访。分析这些研究材料使我们能够概念化一系列广泛的策略，移民可以通过这些策略来协商他们在城市中的位置。我们强调了游客和移民之间的三种直接关系模式，这些模式塑造了这些网站的多尺度情感体验。这些复杂的（不可能的）接近有助于我们更好地了解在全球城市的中心地带，跨地域和进步的地方感是如何受到威胁的。