2-0150 ENDURING AT THE MARGINS: LIVED EXPERIENCES OF HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING INSECURITY IN NORTH AMERICAN COMMUNITIES

Wednesday, November 16, 2011: 12:00-13:45

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

This session would be of particular interest to:
Practicing and Applied Anthropologists, Students

Organizers: Elizabeth A Carpenter-Song (Dartmouth College)

Chairs: Rob Whitley (McGill University)

Discussants: Susan M Barrow (New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University)

12:00

“Most Likely to Die"; Vulnerability As Rite In Homeless Housing Projects

Wanda R Orme (UCSD Anthropology)

12:15

“Having No Place to Stay”: Homelessness and Recovery Among Persons with Serious Mental Illness and Addictions

Maria M Hipolito (Howard University)

12:30

Pathways and Barriers to Healthcare Among Rural Homeless

Cassandra Zawilski (McGill University)

12:45

The Rural Homeless: The Moral Decaying of America or the Casualties of Progress?

David Strickler (Dartmouth College)

13:00

Millstone or Stepping Stone? An Ethnographic Assessment of a Recovery Center for Formerly Homeless People with Mental Illness In New York City

Rob Whitley (McGill University)

13:15

Longing for Security: The Emotional Lives of Families Experiencing Housing Distress In Rural New England

Elizabeth A Carpenter-Song (Dartmouth College)

13:30

Discussant

Susan M Barrow (New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University)

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