Spatial Regulation, Dispersal, and the Aesthetics of the City: Conservation Officer Policing of Homeless People in Ottawa, Canada1

Antipode ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 1015-1033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Walby ◽  
Randy Lippert
Keyword(s):  
Homeless People ◽  
Spatial Regulation ◽  
The City

scholarly journals On What Do the Homeless Base Their Happiness?

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1512
Author(s):  
Yaiza Cano-González ◽  
Carmen Portillo-Sotelo ◽  
María del Mar Rodríguez-del-Águila ◽  
María Paz García-Caro ◽  
Ana M. Núñez-Negrillo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Homeless Persons ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Support Strategies ◽  
Northern Areas ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

Objective: To determine the relationship between the characteristics and experiences of homeless persons and their state of happiness as a basis for designing appropriate social support strategies. Design: Exploratory observational study with an analytical and descriptive qualitative design. Setting: Participants were contacted, administered with questionnaires, and interviewed in the street (central and northern areas of the city) or at the “Asociación Calor y Café” center in Granada (Spain) between April 2017 and February 2018. Participants: Selected by intentional sampling, 25 participants completed questionnaires in the first study and 14 of these were administered with questionnaires and interviewed in the second study. Method: General and specific questionnaires were administered to determine the state of happiness and other variables. Descriptive statistics were followed by an analysis of the relationships between variables and the content analysis of semi-structured interviews. Results: A feeling of happiness was described by 64% of participants and confirmed by a happiness scale score of 50%. Participants who felt satisfied with their life were 4.5-fold more likely to feel happy (p = 0.021). Expectations for the future were not associated with happiness or satisfaction with life. Content analysis of interviews revealed three main themes: conditions for happiness, own happiness/unhappiness, and self-esteem. Conclusions: Many homeless people describe themselves as feeling happy and satisfied with their life. Material aspects, affective situations, daily life concerns, and self-esteem predominate in their discourse on happiness.

scholarly journals EU NÃO SOU DA SUA RUA: O REGISTRO EM TEXTO E FOTOGRAFIA DE MORADORES DE RUA EM PRESIDENTE PRUDENTE

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (Especial 2) ◽  
pp. 760-766
Author(s):  
Maria Luisa Hoffmann ◽  
Roberto Aparecido Mancuzo Silva Junior
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Life Context ◽  
Intensive Observation ◽  
The City

The present research documented the live of homeless people in the city of Presidente Prudente through a photobook with profile texts. Therefore, it was necessary to understand the life context of these individuals through qualitative and exploratory research. Study of case was used as method, with the support of techniques such as bibliographic research, intensive observation and interviews. The study allowed new reflections and discussions about the situation of homeless people in the city and about the journalist's role nowadays. The photobook produced contains 49 photographs of 12 selected characters.

scholarly journals Social Tourism 'In Practice': The Tourist Experience of Homeless People in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1017-1038
Author(s):  
Jordania de Oliveira Eugenio ◽  
◽  
Bernardo Lazary Cheibub ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Tourist Experience ◽  
Prejudice And Discrimination ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City ◽  
Extension Program

When they are disregarded as citizens, people on the street seem to be invisible with regard to their rights, while in their daily lives their presence causes discomfort, generating the inverse of invisibility. This work, when undertaking tourism as a social right, describes how the tourist experiences of a group of homeless people - assisted by a public social assistance agency, in partnership with a UFF extension program - took place, which they visited tourist attractions in the metropolitan region of Rio. In addition to contact with authors / research that dealt with the reality of people living on the streets, the theoretical basis intertwined the themes of the Right to Leisure and the City, the Tourist Experience and Social Tourism. The analyzes carried out from ethnographic bases, including participant observation and interviews with a semi-structured script, indicated that tourist experiences seem to have aroused affective memories that work for this group as a means of resistance to the condition in which they find themselves. Even so, some experiences were crossed by serious situations of prejudice and discrimination, directed by conventional visitors to the group.

scholarly journals KULTUREL DYNAMIK I OPLEVELSESBYRUMMET – EN ANALYSE AF BRANDTS KLÆDEFABRIK

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (109) ◽  
pp. 55-69
Author(s):  
Hjørdis Havsteen Brandrup
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Textile Mill ◽  
Urban Experience ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The City ◽  
Cultural Dynamic

CULTURAL DYNAMIC IN THE URBAN EXPERIENCE SCAPE – AN ANALYSIS OF BRANDTS KLÆDEFABRIKBrandts Klædefabrik (Brandt’s Textile Mill) is a cultural cluster in the city of Odense, Denmark. The cultural experiences available at Brandts Klædefabrik cover a wide field and are relevant for people of all levels of education and all ages, embracing as they do not only fine culture but also triviality and excitement. Brandts Klædefabrik is therefore a culturally inclusive place, although its symbolic power is dominated by a cultural and economic elitetrying to maintain an exclusively controlled social and physical order in the urban space. However, Brandts Klædefabrik is part of a city which contains a wide range of cultural groups: a Danish cultural elite, immigrants, homeless people and drug addicts. In this cultural multiplicity Brandts Klædefabrik is a cultural cluster and an urban entertainment district which does not include marginalised groups. Paradoxically, the attempt to maintainan exclusive order to satisfy an audience with buying power runs against the creative profile of the area, in which cultural and social multiplicity are important values. The area around Brandts Klædefabrik is a public space; but if it is going to be a public domain and the scene of cultural exchanges between different groups in the city, it needs to become more culturally inclusive. Brandts Klædefabrik may turn into a public domain if a cultural dynamic and multiplicity are given the chance to unfold there.

Wandering Abroad: Ethnographic Journeys in the City

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachael Kiddey
Keyword(s):  
Short Distance ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Post Office ◽  
Local Police ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Church Volunteers ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

I agreed to meet Punk Paul on Stokes Croft at around 8 a.m. Paul was exactly where he said he would be—behind the bin next to The Big Issue office. In his early forties, Punk Paul was everything a punk should be—a devout follower of punk bands across the UK, he sported a blue Mohican (when bathroom facilities and soap rations permitted), army issue boots and a battered leather jacket covered in ‘anti-fa’ (anti-fascist) symbols. Paul fashioned the rest of his clothes from whatever he was given by church volunteers and picked up along the way. His distain of authority was firm but friendly. ‘Evening officer,’ he could often be heard saying, with a wink, to local police who regularly busted him for drinking in ‘no drinking zones’. ‘Could you spare a few shekels for an old sea dog? I’m trying to get together a pirate ship to sail off the end of the earth!’ ‘I have to pay Abdul £10.03,’ Paul said, as I approached. Abdul, Stokes Croft’s kindly but long-suffering newsagent, let some homeless people, including Paul, have beer on tick. We walked the short distance from the post office to Abdul’s shop and I waited outside with my dogs while Paul paid his debt. He was holding a can of Tennant’s lager when he reappeared. ‘It’s sort of a constant debt that I have with Abdul!’ He grinned before leading the way down City Road, Brighton Road, and onto Wilder Street. ‘You have to see this place! If you want to see what homelessness is really like in this country . . . this city could be any city, if you ask me. You have to see this place!’ We continued down Wilder Street until we reached a semi-derelict building. Through peeling paint it was possible to read ‘Bristol Transmissions’ above the long-ago boarded-up shop window. ‘It’s known as “The Black House”,’ Paul said, pushing the door. A padlock had been smashed off. Inside, there were two downstairs rooms, both hugely decayed with missing floorboards.

Subsidised Café Meals Program: more than just "a cheap meal"

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Doljanin ◽  
Kristine Olaris
Keyword(s):  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Innovative Program ◽  
The City ◽  
General Community ◽  
Improve Access ◽  
Insight Into

This paper describes the Caf� Meals Program that is operating in the City of Yarra. The Program has resulted from a collaboration of North Yarra Community Health (NYCH) and City of Yarra, and aims to improve access to nutritious, affordable and socially acceptable meals for homeless people. The Program forms a part of City of Yarra?s Meals Program; it is managed by NYCH. The Caf� Meals Program is currently feeding 50-60 homeless people in Yarra. It targets those who are homeless (or at risk of becoming homeless), who find it difficult to prepare their own meals, and who have no other prepared meal options that are appropriate for them in the community. It provides a choice of four local caf�s and restaurants for its participants. Each person is provided with a membership card that can be used once per day to purchase a meal (to the value of $8.80) for the price of $2.00. The program empowers clients by giving them control over when, where and what they will eat. It also enables the homeless person to participate in the life of the community by dining in venues where the general community eats and socialises. This improved sense of social connectedness and inclusion can have significant effects on the self-esteem of the program participants, and, subsequently, on their ability to make choices that improve their health and wellbeing. This paper presents this innovative program in detail and provides some insight into its outcomes, the components of the program that make it work, as well as the challenges that the program has had to address.

scholarly journals De Quantos Fios se Tece uma Vida? Vidas tecidas nas experiências de dor, do abandono e da esperança

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (54) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Isabel Silva Bezerra Linhares ◽  
Nadja Rinelle Oliveira de Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Life Stories ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
De Re ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
Living Space ◽  
Theoretical Support ◽  
The City

Resumo: Este artigo apresenta reflexões acerca das artesanias das pessoas em situação de rua na cidade de Sobral, no Ceará. Em nossas ações político-profissionais, apreendemos os significados da vida das pessoas em situação de rua em suas múltiplas manifestações, conhecendo os fios que unem suas histórias de vida, cada uma marcada pelos percalços de sua existência. Caminhamos apoiadas na pesquisa de caráter qualitativo com o uso de observações diretas e entrevistas. Tivemos como suporte teórico, autores como: Bauman (1998), Calvino (1990), Certeau (2013), Pais (2006-2013), dentre outros. Podemos concluir que as pessoas em situação de rua possuem percursos heterogêneos. Uns se habituaram a viver na rua, tomando-a como sua casa e espaço de sobrevivência. Outros a consideram um lugar provisório e de improvisos, visto que alimentam esperanças de (re) encontro com os seus familiares e com o seu trabalho digno. Fios de esperança que significam uma artesania de sonhos que produzem possibilidades de transformação.Palavras-chave: Situação de rua. Cidade. Experiências. Abandono. Esperança  FROM HOW MANY THREADS A LIFE WOVEN?STORIES OF PAIN, NEGLECT AND HOPE  Abstract: This article presents reflections about the handicrafts of homeless people in the city of Sobral, Ceará. In our political-professional actions, we've learned the meaning of homeless people's lives in its multiple manifestations, getting to know the threads that unite their life stories, each marked by the mishaps of their existence. We've walked supported by qualitative researching using direct observations and interviews. We've had authors as theoretical support such as: Bauman (1998), Calvino (1990), Certeau (2013), Pais (2006-2013), among others. We can conclude that homeless people follow heterogeneous paths. Some get used to live on the streets, taking it as their home and living space. Others consider it a temporary place to live and work, since they nurture hopes of meeting (again) with their families and a decent job. Threads of hope that mean a craftsmanship of dreams that create possibilities of transformation. Keywords: Homeless. City. Stories. Neglect. Hope

scholarly journals Mooring in the Homeless City. A Practice Theoretical Account of Homeless Urban Dwelling and Emplacement

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 56-75
Author(s):  
Natalia Martini
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Urban Geography ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Everyday Practice ◽  
Theoretical Account ◽  
The City

Taking a practice theoretical approach and building on the research conducted with a group of people who live their lives on the streets of two Polish cities, this paper provides an account of the homeless city dwellers’ mode of emplacement. It offers the terms licensed, invisible, motile, material, relational, affective, and ad hoc mooring to describe how homeless people establish a place of and for various activities that make up their everyday practice of inhabiting the city. While highlighting the accomplishments of homeless places, the paper also underscores their tentativeness and instability. It situates the homeless mode of emplacement within a wider landscape of normative urban geography, against which the ways homeless people establish themselves in place are often judged out-of-place. It attends to the role that this transgressive potential plays in limiting homeless dwellers’ capabilities for mooring and considers how they might be enhanced.

scholarly journals Examples of modernization of historical housing estates in the outskirts of Wrocław – opportunities and threats

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 077-083
Author(s):  
Alena Kononowicz
Keyword(s):  
Dead Space ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Spatial Arrangement ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Housing Development ◽  
Housing Estate ◽  
The People ◽  
The City ◽  
Housing Estates ◽  
Historical Centre

Recent decades have seen increased housing development activities in the outskirt housing estates of Wrocław, apparently driven by a trend of city dwellers escaping from the city somewhere “closer to nature”. This applies also to Brochów and Psie Pole, former independent small towns with characteristic spatial arrangement. Once absorbed by Wrocław, these housing estates were subjected to on-going expansion whose size exceeded many times their historical core area. Restoration of the historical centre of Psie Pole undertaken by the City in 2009 has produced controversial results. The modernised old Marketplace has become a dead space in spite of renovated buildings and modern spatial development of the square. Along with the market stalls at the former bus terminal the people disappeared, too. Commercial traffic was moved to the rear of one of the frontages, a so-called “shopping arcade”, in the vicinity of trash bins; whilst the benches in the renovated Marketplace are most frequently occupied by homeless people. Modernisation activities at the historical centre include: restoration, reconstruction or demolition of old buildings, construction of infill buildings, that often fail to harmonise with their surroundings.Effects of the modernisation works carried out at the historical housing estate for railway employees in Brochów, where, for example, only halves of the semi-detached multi-family houses were refurbished; confirm the necessity to adopt a comprehensive approach to the renovation process. Elsewhere, thermal retrofitting with polystyrene left the facades of the buildings deformed and their original character was permanently lost.

scholarly journals Risk factors for cardiovascular disease among the homeless and in the general population of the city of Porto, Portugal

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (8) ◽  
pp. 1517-1529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis de Pinho Oliveira ◽  
Maria Lurdes Pereira ◽  
Ana Azevedo ◽  
Nuno Lunet
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
General Population ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Sample Group ◽  
Meal Programs ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
The City ◽  
Prevalence Ratios

We described the distribution of risk factors for cardiovascular disease among homeless people living in the city of Porto, Portugal. Comparisons were made between subsamples of homeless people recruited in different settings and between the overall homeless sample group and a sample of the general population. All "houseless" individuals attending one of two homeless hostels or two institutions providing meal programs on specific days were invited to participate and were matched with subjects from the general population. We estimated sex, age and education-adjusted prevalence ratios or mean differences. The prevalence of previous illicit drug consumption and imprisonment was almost twice as high among the homeless from institutions providing meal programs. This group also showed lower mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Prevalence of smoking was almost 50% higher in the overall homeless group. Mean body mass index and waist circumference were also lower in the homeless group and its members were almost five times less likely to report dyslipidemia. Our findings contribute to defining priorities for interventions directed at this segment of society and to reducing inequalities in this extremely underprivileged population.

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