Homemaking on the streets and beyond
Homemaking is associated with domiciled family life, community, and secure work. Moving beyond this perspective, we explore the experiences of people dislocated from family, community, and work, and their efforts to make a place for themselves. We consider a homeless man's efforts to
make a home on the streets of Auckland in the absence of positive social ties, employment, and a domiciled abode. This case draws upon an auto-biographical interview, three photo-production projects and three photo-elicitation interviews with Daniel. We consider Daniel's profound sense of
loneliness and efforts at imagining a domiciled home beyond the streets where he can forge meaningful relationships. Daniel is now re-housed, in part, as a result of insights from this research being used in social work practice.
Keywords: biens matériels; chez soi; homelessness; homemaking; lieu de refuge; loneliness; material objects; place; sans abri; solitude
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Social Psychology,University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 2: Social Psychology,University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Publication date: 01 August 2012
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