Between 2000 and late 2007, anthropologists, anthropology interns, and formerly homeless people collected 109 stories of the homeless and formerly homeless in Southeastern Wisconsin (mainly Milwaukee). All the homeless were paid $5 for their...
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Between 2000 and late 2007, anthropologists, anthropology interns, and formerly homeless people collected 109 stories of the homeless and formerly homeless in Southeastern Wisconsin (mainly Milwaukee). All the homeless were paid $5 for their participation. They could structure their stories any way they wished and the stories could be long or short. The only topics they were asked specifically to address in the stories were the following: 1. Describe your life before you were homeless 2. Describe the path that led to your homelessness 3. Describe your life while you were homeless 4. If you are no longer homeless, describe the way you got off the streets The people that gathered these stories and helped analyze them were anthropologists Jill Florence Lackey, Mary Roffers, Kelly Willis, Jamie Merkel, and Kate Lindenmeyer and Brooke Phelps. In addition, formerly homeless UrbAn board member, Carol Smith, collected 25 stories. Using Spradleys (1980) emergent data analysis model, the... See less 
