About the Author

Shima Sardarabady

E-Mail: shima.sardarabady@uni-konstanz.de

Shima Sardarabady is a postgraduate research student in Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Konstanz. Her current research explores narratives of homelessness in digital spaces. Shima’s research interests include digital and visual anthropology, focusing on themes such as racism, social movements, and homelessness. She has recently worked as a research assistant with the Young and Resilient Research Centre in the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University.

Contributions by Author: Shima Sardarabady

(Re-)framing the Homeless Experience

Exploring Homeless Lives and Identities on TikTok and YouTube

Despite growing rates of homelessness throughout the world, the phenomenon continues to be highly stigmatized, and the individuals affected, dehumanized. Homeless people are depicted as lamentable, dirty, lazy, undeserving, and a threat to society. They exist as “shadowy” figures on the outskirts of society, unwelcome and undesirable in public space…