Μετακινούμενες, εργαζόμενες στην κατασκευή ενδυμάτων στη Θεσσαλονίκη

Abstract

Women narrate their work in the garment manufacturing sector. Can their descriptions as
seamstresses, fabric cutters, or workers in subcontracted piecework in home workshops
ultimately reflect shifts in the local and global economy, political changes, and the conditions of
social life in the city they inhabit? Through these women’s often deemed “insignificant” daily
tasks –frequently categorised as informal labour– garment production workers in Thessaloniki, in
recounting their experiences, seem to speak of the city's continuously evolving life, hope, care,
and survival. Their voices, focusing specifically on the period from 1950 to 2015, attempt to
highlight –and partially give meaning to– economic flows through the lens of subjectivity and
locality. At the same time, they aim to reveal how local and everyday practices can illuminate the
transformations of the societies in which we live.