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9780745330570 English 0745330576 City streets are full of strangers, most of whom we barely notice, some of whom we might rather not see at all. In amongst the everyday strangers we brush by, each about his or her own business and going somewhere, are a very few with nowhere else to go, or whose business it is to stay out on the street. These latter include the homeless and (depending on the street) others comparably vulnerable and isolated - street drinkers and sex workers. These are the strangers we do not care to see.Yet they do not fade from view. Some draw attention - often unwelcome, but occasionally kindly. Footwork examines such urban kindness, specifically the practice of street-based care; the book follows the work of outreach practitioners tasked to look out for and cross-tracks with the homeless and others gone public with their needs. Caring for strangers in this context is shown to be a work of exploration and discovery. In this way, Footwork brings together aspects of urban geography, care work and issues of street level vulnerability to uncover a side to city life we often overlook.The result of five years' fieldwork, Footwork offers an original street-corner ethnography drawing on themes such as urban regeneration, lost space and the 24-hour city. It shows how various aspects of city living impact on the 'hidden' lives of those the book, and its key protagonists, seek to uncover and understand., Footwork is a book about walking in the city and the politics of urban public space. It considers the mobility practices of the urban homeless and those street-level support services that move through the city in search and support of them. Tom Hall provides an ethnographic account that includes others that make it their business, or have no choice but, to walk the city streets - sex workers, street cleaners, outreach teams and more. The book examines the ways in which the paths of movement traced by these marginal urban walkers intersect in urban areas, crossing tracks with dominant and prevailing pedestrian flows of retail and tourism. Tom Hall brings five years' fieldwork research to bear on questions of the 'public realm', blending urban ethnography and social theory with a mobile approach to understanding city spaces and how people use them., Footwork offers an original street-corner ethnography drawing on the themes of urban regeneration, lost space and the 24-hour city. It shows how urban modernisation, development and politics impact on the hidden lives of people living and working on the streets. From the homeless to street drinkers and sex workers, this book reveals the stories of the vulnerable and isolated ' people living in the city we often choose to ignore.Footwork follows a project conducted over five years by a team of outreach workers, tasked to look out for the homeless and others. Tom Hall draws on this project, cohering aspects of urban geography, care work and street-level poverty, violence and isolation, to provide a revealing and important account of lives so rarely acknowledged., Our streets are full of 'strangers'. Every day we walk through cities without considering how sex-workers and the homeless - and those who make it their business to walk the streets, such as street cleaners and outreach teams, cross our paths. To do so would fundamentally challenge our understanding of the urban environments we live in.Footwork faces this issue head-on by questioning our perception of what public space is for and who it might belong to. A result of five years of fieldwork by a team of outreach workers, it offers an urban street-corner ethnography which draws on themes such as urban regeneration, tourism, retail and the pervasive 24-hour city lifestyle. It shows how these changes impact on the 'hidden' lives of those this book seeks to uncover and understand.Tom Hall analyses the distinctive practice of care that operates on the streets and is characterised by a continual crossing of thresholds, social and material. Caring, in this context, is equivalent to a sort of exploration. In this way, Footwork brings together aspects of urban geography, care work and social issues of homelessness and vulnerability to uncover a side to city life we often choose to ignore.
9780745330570 English 0745330576 City streets are full of strangers, most of whom we barely notice, some of whom we might rather not see at all. In amongst the everyday strangers we brush by, each about his or her own business and going somewhere, are a very few with nowhere else to go, or whose business it is to stay out on the street. These latter include the homeless and (depending on the street) others comparably vulnerable and isolated - street drinkers and sex workers. These are the strangers we do not care to see.Yet they do not fade from view. Some draw attention - often unwelcome, but occasionally kindly. Footwork examines such urban kindness, specifically the practice of street-based care; the book follows the work of outreach practitioners tasked to look out for and cross-tracks with the homeless and others gone public with their needs. Caring for strangers in this context is shown to be a work of exploration and discovery. In this way, Footwork brings together aspects of urban geography, care work and issues of street level vulnerability to uncover a side to city life we often overlook.The result of five years' fieldwork, Footwork offers an original street-corner ethnography drawing on themes such as urban regeneration, lost space and the 24-hour city. It shows how various aspects of city living impact on the 'hidden' lives of those the book, and its key protagonists, seek to uncover and understand., Footwork is a book about walking in the city and the politics of urban public space. It considers the mobility practices of the urban homeless and those street-level support services that move through the city in search and support of them. Tom Hall provides an ethnographic account that includes others that make it their business, or have no choice but, to walk the city streets - sex workers, street cleaners, outreach teams and more. The book examines the ways in which the paths of movement traced by these marginal urban walkers intersect in urban areas, crossing tracks with dominant and prevailing pedestrian flows of retail and tourism. Tom Hall brings five years' fieldwork research to bear on questions of the 'public realm', blending urban ethnography and social theory with a mobile approach to understanding city spaces and how people use them., Footwork offers an original street-corner ethnography drawing on the themes of urban regeneration, lost space and the 24-hour city. It shows how urban modernisation, development and politics impact on the hidden lives of people living and working on the streets. From the homeless to street drinkers and sex workers, this book reveals the stories of the vulnerable and isolated ' people living in the city we often choose to ignore.Footwork follows a project conducted over five years by a team of outreach workers, tasked to look out for the homeless and others. Tom Hall draws on this project, cohering aspects of urban geography, care work and street-level poverty, violence and isolation, to provide a revealing and important account of lives so rarely acknowledged., Our streets are full of 'strangers'. Every day we walk through cities without considering how sex-workers and the homeless - and those who make it their business to walk the streets, such as street cleaners and outreach teams, cross our paths. To do so would fundamentally challenge our understanding of the urban environments we live in.Footwork faces this issue head-on by questioning our perception of what public space is for and who it might belong to. A result of five years of fieldwork by a team of outreach workers, it offers an urban street-corner ethnography which draws on themes such as urban regeneration, tourism, retail and the pervasive 24-hour city lifestyle. It shows how these changes impact on the 'hidden' lives of those this book seeks to uncover and understand.Tom Hall analyses the distinctive practice of care that operates on the streets and is characterised by a continual crossing of thresholds, social and material. Caring, in this context, is equivalent to a sort of exploration. In this way, Footwork brings together aspects of urban geography, care work and social issues of homelessness and vulnerability to uncover a side to city life we often choose to ignore.