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作者

Jinwei Hao;Jin Zhu;Sian Thompson

来源

HOUSING STUDIES,Vol.,Issue

语言

英文

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作者单位

Department of Architecture, Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China ;Social Infrastructure for Equity and Wellbeing (SIEW) Lab, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China ; The University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, Shenzhen, China ;City Futures Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

摘要

Abstract While Chinese people are technically guaranteed a place to live through the hukou system, homelessness is still an issue in China. Our paper aims to explore the home-making strategies of homeless people in the context of China’s homelessness policy transition from repatriation to assistance in the post-socialist era, using in-depth interviews with homeless people and others interacting with them in Shanghai’s high-prestige downtown area. Drawing on Giddens’ structuration theory, we find that homeless people work to create a sense of home through: 1) avoiding the government service centres where freedom, privacy and social contact are restricted; 2) adapting their routines to rigid place management in the daytime and benefitting from strict security at night; and 3) tactically utilising surrounding spaces and facilities to carry out daily activities and develop a sense of home and control. Government assistance through the service centres is inadequate and may even be diametrically opposed to home-making, highlighting room for improvement in government homelessness policies.