Magazine article
The Homeless World Cup: tackling homelessness, playing football and telling stories
The Writing Platform, Vol.12 May 2017
2017
Abstract
How a social enterprise uses football and digital media to bring the problems and perceptions of homelessness into play. Homelessness—one of the world’s most intractable, wicked problems, which is compounded by poor awareness and great stigma—affects millions of people worldwide. Combining an event involving a globally recognised sport—football (soccer)—and an array of digital media tools and techniques, the Homeless World Cup (HWC) offers an innovative, multi-platform model to reimagine homelessness and the perceptions that surround it. The 2017 tournament will take place in Oslo (Aug 29–Sept. 5). It will be the HWC’s 15th edition.
Details
- Title
- The Homeless World Cup: tackling homelessness, playing football and telling stories
- Authors
- Fiona Crawford (Author)Lee McGowan (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- The Writing Platform, Vol.12 May 2017
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99518704502621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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