SOCIOL 3O03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Addiction, Ethnography, Harm Reduction
8 Sep 2018
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Ubc student ethnography of life on the streets of east vancouver for 30 days to be homeless in the most livable city in the world . As you watch the documentary, think of the following: Where did he begin & where did he end up? his assumptions about what he thought he would find. Identify sociological topics one could study in this locale e. g. exp of living on the streets see how many you can come up with. Parent health socioeconomic status effect and determine your situation in life. Started as dismissive in the beginning to determined to understand. Lazy, not taking advantage of the social services made it harder for himself and discovered addiction played a huge role. Tried crack, tried different jobs, getting dirty, clothes. Teeth were perfect didn"t have the look of beaten down, no scars from violence. Tried to get welfare and fake a mental illness.
