The wandering of young people is an attempt to disappear, a radical way of escaping from the social restrictions of identity, of not being anyone anymore. It is essentially an urban phenomenon, since the city is highly suited to making oneself disappear into anonymity, offering a certain kind of self-protection in the form of squats, train stations, vacant lots, parks, and associations that provide temporary help with food and shelter, in addition to their own resourcefulness and inventiveness helping them to survive from one day to the next at the margins.

Adolescence, 2024, 42, 2, 261-275.