0:00:00 | hi my name's karen requirement |
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0:00:02 | i'm a sociologist in college and norton massachusetts and i wanted to talk today about |
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0:00:07 | a paper that i haven't symbolic interaction called comfort in burden |
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0:00:10 | the changing meaning of home for owners at risk a foreclosure i became interested in |
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0:00:14 | the meaning of home in the early years of the foreclosure crisis one millions of |
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0:00:18 | americans became a risk of losing their houses |
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0:00:21 | i was interested because homeownership is very frequently correlated with the sense of security |
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0:00:27 | and control security for the long term oneself and one's children |
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0:00:31 | and also control over the physical space |
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0:00:34 | where they can park |
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0:00:35 | how their children can play and the like |
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0:00:38 | what i found with that one homeowners talked is out buying the houses the absolutely |
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0:00:43 | connected homeownership with these |
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0:00:46 | experiences they felt that becoming homeowners gave them a greater sense of control not only |
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0:00:50 | in the present but also for their feature |
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0:00:53 | and they felt that there's long-term security and the likelihood of their children going to |
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0:00:58 | college and how they sit successful life was increased by homeownership |
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0:01:02 | when people begin to talk about the prospect of losing their houses both of these |
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0:01:06 | scheme |
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0:01:07 | under can came into conflict |
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0:01:09 | on the one hand to their long term security without rest |
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0:01:12 | it can no longer can i'm being able to control the circumstances when under which |
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0:01:16 | they would be backhouse sell the house removed to another location |
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0:01:20 | but also their greater sense of control over physical space and the process of polish |
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0:01:25 | changed so not only do they feel out of control in terms of their own |
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0:01:29 | houses for example they frequently didn't answer the phone because they were afraid that it |
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0:01:33 | would be bill collectors calling |
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0:01:35 | but they also fell the loss of control over the process |
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0:01:38 | when they began trying to call lenders and banks to try to refinance the mortgage |
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0:01:42 | frequently you did not receive return phone calls |
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0:01:45 | they were offering giving conflicting information by different representatives |
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0:01:49 | and they also frequently felt that they had no voice in the process |
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0:01:53 | so their sense of security and their sense of control were undermined |
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0:01:57 | when i compared owners it would fully expected to own homes those you grew up |
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0:02:00 | the middle class american families |
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0:02:03 | so those who saw homeownership more is an accomplishment i did find significant differences for |
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0:02:08 | those and always expected own homes |
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0:02:10 | the prospect of foreclosure represented a threat to their financial feature and a threat to |
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0:02:15 | their sense of security and the house |
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0:02:18 | but for analysis at home ownership is an accomplishment not only with these threatens |
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0:02:23 | but so to with their sense of status |
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0:02:25 | and their connection to both a citizenship |
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0:02:28 | to the middle class to six tasks after a divorce or success |
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0:02:32 | on their own |
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0:02:34 | their successful adults the transition |
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0:02:37 | these issues and more are explored in my paper and i hope that you enjoy |
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0:02:40 | reading it |
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0:02:41 | thank you |
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