Homelessness: An Event and a Lifestyle - Q&A, Part One

Homelessness: An Event and a Lifestyle 

CHAIR: LANTTO, Kathleen (Loyola U) LANTTO, Kathleen (Loyola U) Survival Hospitality: An Ethnographic Study of the Relationship between Homelessness and Service Providers 

CRAWFORD, Courtney (U Denver) Train Riders: The Modern Day American Nomads

 

ABSTRACT:

LANTTO, Kathleen (Loyola U) Homelessness: An Event and a Lifestyle. Homelessness intersects with other social issues, such as criminal justice, veterans’ issues, community development, and mental health. These overlapping experiences within homelessness require attention to be paid to personal experiences with navigating housing, systems in place that protect and prevent loss of housing, local activism for housing rights, access to resources, and other justice issues. Panelists discuss how community activists, resource providers, and people experiencing homelessness are addressing homelessness and advocating for the betterment of systems, how resources are made available to people in crisis, and how communities reshape in the event of homelessness. 

 

Session took place at the Society for Applied Anthropology • 78th Annual Meeting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April 3-7, 2018