Assemblages of care and the analysis of public policies on homelessness in Turin, Italy

Lancione, Michele ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9018-3562 2014. Assemblages of care and the analysis of public policies on homelessness in Turin, Italy. City 18 (1) , pp. 25-40. 10.1080/13604813.2014.868163

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Abstract

This paper investigates the ways urban policies on homelessness are discursively framed and practically enacted in Turin, Italy. The notion of ‘assemblages of care’ is introduced to show how these policies contribute to the constitution of different experiences of homelessness, by means of their discursive blueprints and practical enactments. Relying on 10 months of ethnographic fieldwork, the paper questions four policies. Three of these interventions are found to have negative impacts on homeless people's emotions and ways of life; the remaining policy, I argue, holds the potential to produce alternative assemblages and more positive engagement with the individuals encountered. The conclusion provides more general critical reflections on urban policy and homelessness.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DG Italy H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Uncontrolled Keywords:	assemblages of care, power, homeless people, homelessness policies, urban ethnography, Turin,
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	1360-4813
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2022 11:23
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/94771

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