5/10 Bradley Turner, ‘Hosting Strangers and Hitching Homestays: Intimacy and Exchange in CouchSurfing.org’

Bradley Turner, University of Chicago, MAPSS Tuesday, May 10, 12-1:20 p.m.; Harper Memorial Library, Room 148 Abstract* CouchSurfing.org is a social networking website somewhat like a systematized hitch-hiking service for travelers. Instead of rides, members share home-stays. Using original interviews and