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Notions of safety: observing cultural perspectives in a homeless youth hostel
Matthew Howell,
Kerry E. Howell
Culture and Organization, Pages: 1 - 17
Swansea University Author: Matthew Howell
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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/14759551.2024.2446295
Abstract
The preservation of a person’s ontological security plays a vital role in the cultural formation of social groups. Using ethnographic data, the following paper demonstrates how young people, who reside in homeless hostels deal with feelings of anxiety and ontological insecurity. The paper argues tha...
| Published in: | Culture and Organization |
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| ISSN: | 1475-9551 1477-2760 |
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Informa UK Limited
2025
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68631 |
| Abstract: |
The preservation of a person’s ontological security plays a vital role in the cultural formation of social groups. Using ethnographic data, the following paper demonstrates how young people, who reside in homeless hostels deal with feelings of anxiety and ontological insecurity. The paper argues that within the institutional setting of a homeless youth hostel, norms and values from outside of the hostel are reproduced by residents, to repair their ontological security. Younger residents become confronted with new levels of independence and freedom, which can prompt anxiety, negatively impacting upon their ontological security. It is contended that, to repair ontological security, and counter anxiety, those from similar cultural backgrounds gravitate toward one another and replicate the cultural norms and values to which they are accustomed. |
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| Keywords: |
Youth homelessness; culture; youth culture; ethnography; ontological security |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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This work was supported by Economic and Social Research Council. |
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1 |
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17 |