Abstract
These field notes and commentary are part of the project that culminated in a paper titled “How does It Feel to Be a Problem? The Diasporic Identity of the Homeless.” The project was an exploratory research into the homeless identity, where besides the in-depth interviews with homeless people chosen from homeless shelters across Southern Illinois, I conducted ethnographic field research through passive and semi-participatory observation of various shelters across Southern Illinois. The research project was reviewed and approved by the Southern Illinois University, Carbondale's Human Subjects Committee.
Notes
1See “Half of US Food Goes to Waste,” accessed February 25, 2010, http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Supply-Chain/Half-of-US-food-goes-to-waste.