Title
On the Fringes: How Youth Experiencing Homelessness Conceptualize Social and Economic Inequality- a Photovoice Study
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-5-2019
Organizational Units
Graduate School of Social Work
Abstract
This study used Photovoice methods with young adults experiencing homelessness to collaboratively identify issues that are of greatest importance in an open‐ended, exploratory, and inductive manner. Participants selected two concepts to focus their inquiry: freedom and prosperity. Within these concepts, participants discussed nature as a source of inspiration, a desire to better themselves and to change their situations, and passion for contributing to social change by exposing economic inequality and raising awareness about homelessness. These findings demonstrate that young people are keenly aware of the structural and macro‐level factors that have contributed to their risks of social exclusion and marginalization.
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Recommended Citation
Barman-Adhikari, A., Dechants, J. P., Brydon, D. M., Portillo, A., & Bender, K. (2019). On the fringes: How youth experiencing homelessness conceptualize social and economic inequality- a Photovoice study. Journal of Community Psychology, 47(4), 924-942. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22164
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