Homeless: between policies and semiotics of social exclusion
Journal title SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE
Author/s Valentina Raffa, Pier Paolo Zampieri
Publishing Year 2019 Issue 2018/117
Language Italian Pages 15 P. 5-19 File size 207 KB
DOI 10.3280/SR2018-117001
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The article proposes an interpretation of homelessness from the perspective of social semiotics, starting from the strong link between the homeless and the surrounding urban environment. In the first section, the authors reconstruct the appearance of the phenomenon in Europe and the US, identifying the links be-twwen physical environment and cultural background. In the second section, they recount a research experience conducted in the Messina train station, where the presence of homeless people not only is taken on by social intervention, but also refers to the peculiar role of the station in the complex urban landscape
Valentina Raffa, Pier Paolo Zampieri, Persone senza dimora: tra politiche di intervento e semiotiche dell’esclusione in "SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE " 117/2018, pp 5-19, DOI: 10.3280/SR2018-117001