Everyday territories: homelessness, outreach work and city space

This article develops a situational approach to understanding urban public life and, in particular, the production of urban territories. Our aim is to examine the ways in which city space might be understood as comprising multiple, shifting, mobile and rhythmed territories. We argue that such territ...

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Main Author: Smith, Robin James (Author)
Contributors: Hall, Tom
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: The British journal of sociology
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