- Tytuł:
- Nommer l’absence de logement. Catégoriser les individus exclus du logement
- Autorzy:
- Lelubre, Marjorie
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/513843.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2018-12-30
- Wydawca:
- Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej. Language and Society Research Committee
- Tematy:
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Homelessness
Housing
Media
Sociale welfare categorization - Opis:
- Homeless, wanderer, tramp, hobo, … many terms by which common language attempts to designate housing exclusion. Naming this phenomenon without stigmatizing, without eliminating the complexity of the phenomenon, is a constant challenge when it comes to addressing those affected by the lack of housing. In this article, we show how three categories of actors are trying to meet this challenge. First, in the media. An analysis of the media discourse shows that the homelessness has now become a key media figure – especially when the winter approaches -, replacing the old iconic figure of the tramp. Nevertheless, naming this phenomenon proves to be a complex exercise for the journalists. Second, toward the organisations working with the people who are homeless. For them naming the lack of housing is also the challenge of those who, every day, try to accompany people in this situation. Behind the words are obviously hidden social representations but also ways of taking care of these people in their attempts to cope with the lack of housing. In scientific research, finally. Beyond the term used, a literature review shows that it is mainly the process by which these individuals go through that intrigues the researchers. It is not only a matter of naming but of understanding. This concern is shared by field operators who deploy their own categorization to better cope with this extreme form of exclusion of lack of housing. Our field research mainly concerns French-speaking Belgium (media and operational categorization). However, to contextualize our remarks, we are also making incursions into French scientific literature as well as into the conceptualization work carried out by researchers at the European Observatory on Homelessness.
- Źródło:
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Language, Discourse & Society; 2018, 6, 2; 49-69
2239-4192 - Pojawia się w:
- Language, Discourse & Society
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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