Understanding The Nature Of Homlessness
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I knew that I would encounter homelessness when I came to Berkeley. I
was expecting it, because just about everybody I knew had something to say about
the rumors they'd heard filter over from the West Coast. Coming from New York,
however, I figured I'd seen it all, and would be in control over w ....
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.... one could find in simply watching as one person asked
another for money. We looked for a number of signals in the interactions,
considering people's ages, how they reacted physically, whether or not they
communicated verbally, their demeanor throughout the interaction, and the
importance of eye-contact. We must also wrestle with the ambiguity of the power
structure within the situation, because it is not nearly as clear as it seems.
In the end, we will try to decipher the true nature of th ....
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Page count: 8 (approximately 250 words per page)
