StateMaster - Encyclopedia: Itinerant

An itinerant is a person who travels from place to place with no real home. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

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Examples of itinerants include: The term perpetual traveler (PT, permanent tourist or prior taxpayer) refers to both a lifestyle and a philosophy. ... Gutter punk is a term applied to homeless or transient individuals who are associated (by others, most commonly those with homes and/or jobs) with the Punk ideology. ... Kazakh nomads in the steppes of the Russian Empire, ca. ... An itinerant person who remains connected to the internet. ... Languages Romani, languages of native region Religions Christianity, Islam Related ethnic groups South Asians (Desi) The Roma (singular Rom; sometimes Rroma, Rrom) or Romanies are an ethnic group living in many communities all over the world. ... A circuit rider is a concept from the history of American Methodism. ... A performance artist dressed as a hobo Hobo is a term that refers to a subculture of wandering homeless people, particularly those who make a habit of hopping freight trains. ... Look up Lee Thirlwell in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Schnorrer (also spelled shnorrer) is a Yiddish term meaning beggar or sponger. ... A vagabond is a (generally impoverished) itinerant person. ... Irish Travellers (sometimes known as tinkers because they worked repairing tin ware) are a nomadic or itinerant people of Irish origin living in Ireland, Great Britain and the United States. ... Gyrovagues (sometimes Gyrovagi or Gyruvagi) were wandering monks without fixed residence or leadership who relied on charity and the hospitality of others. ... A kobzar (kобзар in Ukrainian) was a Ukrainian wandering bard of Cossack times, who played a stringed instrument called a kobza to accompany the recitation of epic dumas. ...

Paul ErdÅ‘s, also PÃ¡l ErdÅ‘s, in English Paul Erdos or Paul ErdÃ¶s (March 26, 1913 â€“ September 20, 1996), was an immensely prolific (and famously eccentric) Hungarian-born mathematician who, with hundreds of collaborators, worked on problems in combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, classical analysis, approximation theory... For the hip-hop producer with the same name, see John the Baptist (producer). ...

Categories: Itinerant living | Homelessness | Nomads | Sociology stubs The term mendicant refers to begging or otherwise relying on charitable donations, and is most widely used for religious followers or ascetics who rely exclusively on charity to survive. ... Down and Out in Paris and London is George Orwells semi-autobiographical account of living in poverty in both cities. ... Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903[1][2] â€“ 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. ... :This article is about the novel On the Road. ... Jack Kerouac (pronounced ) (March 12, 1922 â€“ October 21, 1969) was an American novelist, writer, poet, and artist. ...

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[Teri Rueb: Itinerant, 2005] (278 words)
	Itinerant invites people to take a walk through Boston Common and surrounding neighborhoods to experience an interactive sound work that re-frames Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the classic tale of conflict between techno-scientific hubris and the human spirit.
	Itinerant is a 2005 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. (aka Ether-Ore).
	It was made possible with funding from the Jerome Foundation and the LEF Foundation.

Itinerant Teachers - American Foundation for the Blind (791 words)
	General education students who receive itinerant services live at home and attend their neighborhood schools, where their educational needs are typically met by classroom teachers in cooperation with a traveling (itinerant) teacher who is certified to teach visually impaired students.
	The itinerant teacher travels from school to school, providing special materials, consultation with school personnel, and individualized instruction in disability specific skills that encompass what is known as the expanded core curriculum.
	Placement in an itinerant program is most appropriate for general education students who can benefit from extensive participation in regular class activities, will use adapted materials and special equipment and techniques, and can function as members of a general education class when the conditions for fulfilling their special needs may be less than ideal.

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