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Social Construction of LA Homeless Count by 余田 is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The article examines the Los Angeles homeless count, highlighting how sociotechnical changes simplify and stabilize the complex phenomenon of homelessness through geographic and temporal boundaries, categorization processes, and metrics construction. It argues that the count, while intended to provide an objective measure, inherently erases the subjectivity and fluidity of homelessness, leading to a distorted understanding of the issue. Ultimately, the reliance on these statistics for policy-making neglects

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余田

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