The Representation of Poverty and the Poverty of Representation

In this essay I draw upon both my reporting at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, United States, and my ethnography of the digitization of mental health work in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to examine the representation of poverty and the poverty of representation in contemporary social and...

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Main Author: Pablo J. Boczkowski
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Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2025-01-01
Series:Sociologica
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Online Access:https://sociologica.unibo.it/article/view/20742
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