I just read a very interesting article in the Anthropology News titled "Listening to Kamagasaki" by ethnomusicologist David Novak (UCSB). He talks about the soundscape of Kamagasaki, an area near Osaka that has a large population of day laborers and homeless individuals.
You can read it online here: http://www.aaanet.org/publications/upload/51-9-David-Novak-In-Focus.pdf
I also have a local cache copy here in case the AAA relocates or removes the file:
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