The House-Workshop and the Workshop-Network: Productive Flexibility in the Garment Industry of Moroleón and Uriangato, Guanajuato

Abstract

The article exposes the processes of productive flexibility in the clothing industry of Moroleón and Uriangato, Gto. The subject is approached through the analysis of the "house-workshop", which are domestic spaces located inside the homes of these localities. Garments are made there, either maquila or designs made by the families themselves. This form of organization allows us to observe the combination of different production dynamics where elements of formal and informal work come together that allow us to weave relationships that articulate them as network companies. Such collaborations are not established permanently, but there is a variation of types and intensities, as required. This case shows on one hand, how this allows to achieve productive relationships with companies and clothing brands of greater dimension. On the other hand, the way in which this relationship is constitutive of the forms of accumulation of contemporary capitalism is explained.