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Homemaking on the streets and beyond

Abstract
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.
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Journal Article
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Citation
Groot, S. & Hodgetts, D. (2012). Homemaking on the streets and beyond. Community, Work & Family, 15(3), 255-271.
Date
2012
Publisher
Routledge
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