Comments on: Submissions Wanted for I http://www.foodcartsportland.com/2009/08/28/submissions-wanted-for-i/ A Guide to Food Carts in Portland Oregon Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:26:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian http://www.foodcartsportland.com/2009/08/28/submissions-wanted-for-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1059 Ian Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:41:19 +0000 http://foodcartsportland.com/?p=1276#comment-1059 I'd love to see an essay on carts as human-scale capitalism; the role they play in business incubation and entreprenurialism; increasing interaction between proprietors and consumers (immediate feedback, knowing where your money goes, etc.); the place of family in cart businesses (lots of family-run operations); the phenomenon of carts as urban catalysts, turning urban voids (street-level parking) into vibrant living urban fabric that exhibit characteristics of classic markets/bazaares/public squares; social interaction via carts (as opposed to social separation via chains); personal stories of the proprietors as to why they wanted to create a cart (with probably many fascinating travel stories and histories), etc. So many fascinating topics to be explored. Kudos on the project. I'd be interested perhaps in doing some interviews--maybe you could sort of also create a cart-questionnaire to get some data on carts, or to create little profiles of the owner-chefs of various carts? I’d love to see an essay on carts as human-scale capitalism; the role they play in business incubation and entreprenurialism; increasing interaction between proprietors and consumers (immediate feedback, knowing where your money goes, etc.); the place of family in cart businesses (lots of family-run operations); the phenomenon of carts as urban catalysts, turning urban voids (street-level parking) into vibrant living urban fabric that exhibit characteristics of classic markets/bazaares/public squares; social interaction via carts (as opposed to social separation via chains); personal stories of the proprietors as to why they wanted to create a cart (with probably many fascinating travel stories and histories), etc. So many fascinating topics to be explored. Kudos on the project.

I’d be interested perhaps in doing some interviews–maybe you could sort of also create a cart-questionnaire to get some data on carts, or to create little profiles of the owner-chefs of various carts?

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