Project Duration: 2015 - 2017
The project focuses on the time and space of homeless persons in relation to conditions of a post-socialistic city. Its goal is to describe characteristics, life and time-space paths and everyday life of homeless people in the context of two Czech cities. The project is unique in many ways. It is the first comparative research on homelessness in the Czech Republic, which is focused on previously neglected topics such as specific time and timing of the activities of the homeless persons. As working with homeless people belonging to various categories of homelessness, it brings a new perspective to the dynamics of living in those types. The combination of research methods used in the project is also unique - as one of a few in Europe it uses empirical GPS devices for studying mobility. In the Czech Republic, it applies the previously unused method of RDS (respondent driven sampling) survey. The surveys and structured interviews are completed with ethnography and photovoice. It put strong emphasis on the active participation of the homeless in the data-collection. Apart from other results, the project provides visually attractive unique data about the situation on the street.
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Principal Investigator:
Members of the project team:
- RNDr. Martin Šimon, Ph.D.
- PhDr. Markéta Horpeniaková, Ph.D.
- Doc. PhDr. Josef Bernard, Ph.D.
- Petr Gibas, Ph.D.
- Mgr. Hana Daňková
Themes:
Housing, City and Village, Regions, Social Inequalities
Contracting authority:
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
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Related Publications:
Na jedné lodi. Globalizace a bezdomovectví v českém městě
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Making city-bases: homeless places, poverty management, and urban change in Pilsen, Czechia
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Využití metody Respondent-Driven Sampling u populace lidí bez domova: základní principy, aplikace a praktická doporučení
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Jsou česká města revanšistická? Úvaha o povaze punitivního urbanismu v ČR
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Žít (mezi) místy: Geografie lidí bez domova
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Ties, sites and irregularities: pitfalls and benefits in using respondent-driven sampling for surveying a homeless population
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Mezi taktikou a afektem, ne-místem a místem: Vizuální analýza každodenní geografie osob bez domova
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Co nám slumy mohou říct o bezdomovectví? Urbánní chudoba v době nové globální ekonomiky
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Mobilities and commons unseen: spatial mobility in homeless people explored through the analysis of GPS tracking data
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Activity spaces of men and women measured by GPS tracking data: A comparative analysis of Prague and Pilsen
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Activity spaces of homeless men and women measured by GPS tracking data: A comparative analysis of Prague and Pilsen
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