scholarly journals The Myths Refugees Live By: Memory and history in the making of Bengali refugee identity

2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
UDITI SEN
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Partition Of India ◽  
Refugee Experience

AbstractWithin the popular memory of the partition of India, the division of Bengal continues to evoke themes of political rupture, social tragedy, and nostalgia. The refugees or, more broadly speaking, Hindu migrants from East Bengal, are often the central agents of such narratives. This paper explores how the scholarship on East Bengali refugees portrays them either as hapless and passive victims of the regime of rehabilitation, which was designed to integrate refugees into the socio-economic fabric of India, or eulogizes them as heroic protagonists who successfully battled overwhelming adversity to wrest resettlement from a reluctant state. This split image of the Bengali refugee as both victim and victor obscures the complex nature of refugee agency. Through a case-study of the foundation and development of Bijoygarh colony, an illegal settlement of refugee-squatters on the outskirts of Calcutta, this paper will argue that refugee agency in post-partition West Bengal was inevitably moulded by social status and cultural capital. However, the collective memory of the establishment of squatters’ colonies systematically ignores the role of caste and class affiliations in fracturing the refugee experience. Instead, it retells the refugees’ quest for rehabilitation along the mythic trope of heroic and masculine struggle. This paper interrogates refugee reminiscences to illuminate their erasures and silences, delineating the mythic structure common to both popular and academic refugee histories and exploring its significance in constructing a specific cultural identity for Bengali refugees.

scholarly journals The appropriation cycle: novice and expert consumers

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (9/10) ◽  
pp. 1886-1908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia Stavraki ◽  
Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki ◽  
Jackie Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Aesthetic Experience ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Aesthetic Experiences

Purpose Recognizing the value and limitations of current knowledge of the appropriation process in the consumption of aesthetic experiences, this research aims to generate a localized account for novice and expert consumers of the varying role of cultural capital in the appropriation cycles and interpretative responses of an aesthetic experience. Design/methodology/approach This research uses a single case study design of Miró’s blockbuster exhibition, and draws on multiple sources of evidence, notably 50 in-depth visitor interviews, observations and archival records. Findings An evidence-based framework of the appropriation process for novice and expert consumers of aesthetic experiences is offered. This framework highlights the significance of appropriation pace and personal versus communal interpretations – amongst other features – in distinguishing distinct versions of the appropriation process in accordance with the varied accumulation of consumer cultural capital. Research limitations/implications The transferability of the findings to other aesthetic or experience-based consumption contexts such as performing arts or sports is discussed, alongside the relevance of the proposed framework for researchers of aesthetic experiences. Practical implications The empirical investigation of the understudied connection between visitors’ cultural capital and their museum experiences provides insights into curatorial and marketing practices in terms of broadening, diversifying and engaging museum audiences. Originality/value This research provides new theoretical insights into the literature of appropriation process and consumption of art experiences by bringing together consumers’ cultural capital with the appropriation process and interpretive responses to an aesthetic experience.

scholarly journals Whose riot? Collective memory of an iconic event in a local music scene

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Green
Keyword(s):  
Collective Memory ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Radio Station ◽  
Music Festival ◽  
Music Scenes ◽  
Music Scene ◽  
Cultural Texts ◽  
Narrative Frame

The application of memory studies to music scenes has so far had a material focus, favouring places and objects. This article critically examines the role of an iconic event in scene identity, through a case study of the ‘Cybernana’ music festival, hosted by Brisbane community radio station 4ZZZfm in 1996 and marked by what has been characterised, alternately, as an audience riot and a police riot. Based on ethnographic research and analysis of cultural texts it is shown that, against official findings and wider disinterest, there exists an intergenerational counter-memory of Cybernana as an iconic event, within a politicised narrative that defines both the radio station and the local music scene. The factors involved in constructing this iconicity are considered, including the role of media. This mediated, cultural memory provides a narrative frame for individual experiences, through which people locate themselves within the scene and reaffirm its collective identity.

Urban Redevelopment, Cultural Philanthropy and the Commodification of Artistic Authenticity in Toronto

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison L. Bain ◽  
Loren March
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Urban Redevelopment ◽  
Real Estate Market ◽  
Property Development ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
The Real Estate Market ◽  
Art Scene ◽  
Arts And Culture

This article offers a multiscalar, sociohistoric account of the spatial struggles of Toronto artists from 1970 until the present to secure affordable living and work space downtown that foregrounds the contemporary role of the cultural philanthropist–developer. It argues that the cultural capital of artists to identify and embody authenticity facilitated temporary spatial claims that supported the development of a local art scene on Queen Street West, but one that became dependent upon, yet vulnerable to, the sociospatial unevenness of cultural philanthropy. Benevolence in arts and culture is not distributed evenly across time and space. Instead, as the case study of the 401 Richmond arts hub reveals, benevolence in its alliances with the real estate market and property development is concentrated in individualized commitments to particular neighborhoods, buildings, and local relationships, which temporally and operationally constrains its policy–transforming potential.

Tudor Silver-Gilt Dress-hooks: A New Class of Treasure Find in England

2002 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 157-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Gaimster ◽  
Maria Hayward ◽  
David Mitchell ◽  
Karen Parker
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Historical Archaeology ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
New Class ◽  
Documentary Sources

This paper combines a study of the typological, technological and constructional attributes of a sample of fifteen dress-hooks and cap-hooks, reported between 1998 and 2000 under the terms of the Treasure Act (1996), with a survey of contemporary pictorial sources, probate inventories and associated wills along with a trawl of ‘small wares’ in the records of the Goldsmiths' Company in order to assess the role of these accessories in vernacular dress of sixteenth-century England.Of particular interest are questions of manufacture and design, followed by the questions of how these objects functioned in relation to the closure and decoration of dress, their noteworthiness in contemporary accounts, their social status, their ranking in the output of contemporary goldsmiths and whether there was a gender bias in terms of their ownership. This cross-examination of excavated finds with contemporary iconographie and documentary sources represents an interdisciplinary case study in historical archaeology.

scholarly journals Succeed or fail? A case study of new ventures in Hanoi, Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hien Thi Tran ◽  
Dat Quoc Nguyen ◽  
Hoan Dong Hoang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Business Model ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ventures ◽  
Emerging Country ◽  
Important Input ◽  
Factors Of Success

This paper explores factors of success/failure of new ventures in a startup hub city in an emerging country. The study uses the data from 27 personal interviews with local entrepreneurs in Hanoi, Vietnam. The business model, financial capital, human resources (i.e., human capital, social capital, psychological capital, cultural capital), technology, and the entrepreneurial orientation (i.e., innovative, problem-solving, risk-taking, and proactive) emerge as the factors of success/failure of an entrepreneurial venture. Interestingly, technology is important but not as critical to the business model for the success of new ventures; and proactiveness but not autonomy is also a crucial success factor. The role of cultural capital is also an important input to the model. From the findings a conceptual model of success/failure factors of entrepreneurial ventures is developed and the implications are discussed. Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Venture, Startup, Success, Failure

Music Education and Social Reproduction

2015 ◽  
pp. 339-356
Author(s):  
Ruth Wright
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Diverse Students ◽  
Alternative Music ◽  
The Social

This chapter discusses the role of music education in the perpetuation of cycles of unjust hegemonic social reproduction, using Bourdieu’s theory of social reproduction and the roles of education and culture therein. Alternative music pedagogies, such as informal learning, are examined as offering potential to break such cycles by allowing accumulation of two forms of cultural capital—pedagogical and musical capital—by diverse students. An empirical example is used to demonstrate how perceptions of the knowledge legimitation code within which music education operates may be shifted, allowing fewer students to self-identify as “non-elite” and therefore not suited to studying music. Some principles are suggested by which music education might act to break cycles of injustice and in whatever small way act to disrupt the social status quo.

Understanding the determinants of festival attendee spending: the role of cultural capital

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Báez-Montenegro ◽  
María Devesa
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Tobit Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
The City ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore which factors determine visitor spending at a cultural festival, focusing particularly on cultural capital variables.Design/methodology/approachThe case study is the Valdivia International Film Festival. Data from a survey conducted amongst a representative sample of attendees at the festival is used and ordinary least square (OLS) and Tobit regression models are applied.FindingsSix of the variables included from the model prove statistically significant: gender, age, place of residence, participation in other activities at the festival, and “leisure and sharing” motivation.Practical implicationsFestival organisers should draw up a programme and prepare activities that are balanced so as to attract local film lovers, but that should also appeal to outside visitors, who would see the festival as an opportunity to enjoy a wider tourist experience, all of which would have a broader economic impact on the city.Originality/valueUnderstanding which factors determine spending leads to an improvement in the event's viability and ensures its future sustainability. This study adds to the growing literature establishing a sound theoretical corpus on the topic.

scholarly journals Food in African Brazilian Candomblé

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 264-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Souza
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
World View ◽  
Belief System ◽  
The State ◽  
Ritual Language ◽  
Historical Trajectory ◽  
Food Offerings

The aim of this article is to highlight the importance of food in the rituals of African Brazilian Candomblé, as well as in its cosmovision (world view). A brief description of Candomblé’s historical trajectory is provided in order to show how food offerings became part of its rituals and how specific ingredients became symbolically significant in this belief system. According to the theories applied, it is possible that food has at least two functions in Candomblé: to materialize principles and also to work as a ritual language. To show the role of food in Candomblé the state of Bahia was taken as a case study – firstly because Candomblé started there and secondly because, as this article shows, the sacred foods of Candomblé are also consumed in everyday life, outside of religious situations, but just as importantly constituting a part of Bahian cultural identity. The dishes that feature in the ritualised meals and at the same time in Bahians’ everyday eating are described at the conclusion of the article, with a mention of their ingredients and to whom they are offered. The research sources included publications by Candomblé believers and scholars of religion, as well as cooks and journalists specialising in Bahian cuisine.

scholarly journals Hierarchy within female ACG fandom in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianwei Wu
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Copyright Infringement ◽  
High Demand ◽  
Social And Cultural Capital

This case study focuses on a Chinese female-oriented ACG fan community, 3n5b, with an eye to studying how this community creates a sense of exclusivity and hierarchy through the discourses of copyright infringement, fan labor, and quality membership. Through controlling the distribution of rare resources, 3n5b creates high demand for their manga scanlation, and this demand is translated to a highly restricted membership. Membership is valuable because it is closely related to individual member's social and cultural capital, as well as their access to forum resources. Well-behaved members can slowly gain entry into more restricted forums, while members who violate forum rules are punished with loss of forum status or even membership revocation. This hierarchy seeks to raise the forum's overall quality and to wall off unwanted members, but it also replicates offline power relations that inevitably place people of lower social status at a disadvantage.

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