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Caught in a machine that de-emphasizes human potential: Using Goffman’s theory of the total institution to understand service provider perspectives on boredom among unhoused persons

Author:

Carrie Anne Marshall,Rebecca Gewurtz,Abrial Cooke,Caleigh Inman,Jordana Bengall,Suliman Aryobi

Publication:

Wellbeing, Space and Society

Publisher:

Elsevier

Date:

June 2026

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