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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Randall Amster and Martha Trenna Valado - Contributions by Julie Adkins; Kathleen Arnold; Kurt Borchard; David Cook; Jeff Ferrell; Vincent Lyon-Callo; Jürgen von Mahs; Don Mitchell; Rob Rosenthal; Michael Rowe; Lynn A. Staeheli and J. Talmadge W Klappentext This is the first book published that specifically examines questions of ethics and advocacy that arise in conducting research on homelessness, exploring the issues through the deeply personal experiences of some of the field's leading scholars. By examining the central queries from a broad range of perspectives, the authors presented here draw upon years of rich investigations to generate a framework that will be instructive for researchers across a wide spectrum of areas of inquiry. Zusammenfassung This is the first book published that specifically examines questions of ethics and advocacy that arise in conducting research on homelessness! exploring the issues through the deeply personal experiences of some of the field s leading scholars. By examining the central queries from a broad range of perspectives! the authors presented here draw upon years of rich investigations to generate a framework that will be instructive for researchers across a wide spectrum of areas of inquiry." Inhaltsverzeichnis Forewordby Jeff Ferrell Introduction: Rediscovering Homelessness . . . and Ourselvesby Randall Amster Part 1: Advocacy and IdentityChapter 1: Social Justice, Ethics, and Advocacy in Street Research: A Personal Accountingby Talmadge Wright Chapter 2: The Advocate Researcherby Rob Rosenthal Chapter 3: Homelessness and Dragby Kathleen Arnold Chapter 4: Writing the Streets: Dilemmas of Depictionby Trenna Valado Part 2: Relationships and EthicsChapter 5: Planning and Managing Ethical Dilemmas in Homelessness Researchby Michael Rowe Chapter 6: 'Buddy Researcher'? Prospects, Limitations, and Ethical Considerations in Ethnographic Research on Homeless People in Berlinby Jürgen von Mahs Chapter 7: Ethics and Studying Homelessness: Tales from the Fieldby Kurt Borchard Chapter 8: Weapons of the Weak, by the Weak, and for the Weak: Negotiating Power Between and Among Homeless Persons and Service Providersby Julie AdkinsPart 3: Research and TransformationChapter 9: Do We Really Need More Research on Homelessness? An Autoethnographic Exploration of Ethics, Advocacy, and Exasperationby Vin Lyon-Callo Chapter 10: Homelessness as 'Internal Displacement': Scholarship and Activism in Post-Katrina New Orleansby Randall Amster Chapter 11: Do (No) Harm: Homelessness and Personal Transformationby David CookChapter 12: On the Politics and Ethics of 'Using' 'the Homeless' in Social Justice Researchby Don Mitchell and Lynn StaeheliConclusion: Synthesizing the Personal and Professional by Trenna Valado...
