Building on the writings of homeless and formerly homeless memoirists from the United States and United Kingdom, this paper examines how the voices and ideas of those who experience homelessness are consistently removed from public debate and historical memory. While people without homes are discussed at length in journalistic and academic texts, their own voices are rarely at the center of such conversations. Memoirists argue that this exclusion is not passive or benign. They attest to persistent efforts to make their voices heard, even as newspapers, television stations, and other institutions of knowledge obstruct their efforts. In this way, homeless voices are actively and repeatedly displaced by the commentary of elite experts. Based on these insights, I engage with literature in geography and subaltern studies to advance a new understanding of subalternity as a process of epistemic displacement. Moving beyond deconstructive approaches to representation, I argue that challenging subalternity involves disseminating subaltern scholarship, journalism, and expertise to confront society's failure to listen.

本文以美国和英国无家可归者和以前无家可归者的回忆录作者的著作为基础，探讨了无家可归者的声音和想法如何始终从公共辩论和历史记忆中消失。虽然在新闻和学术文章中详细讨论了无家可归的人，但他们自己的声音很少成为此类对话的中心。回忆录作者认为，这种排斥不是被动的或良性的。即使报纸、电视台和其他知识机构阻碍了他们的努力，他们也证明了他们一直在努力使自己的声音被听到。就这样，无家可归的声音被精英专家的评论积极地反复置换。基于这些见解，我从事地理学和底层研究的文献，以推进对底层作为认知位移过程的新理解。超越代表的解构方法，我认为挑战底层涉及传播底层学术、新闻和专业知识，以应对社会不倾听的情况。