Highbrow culture in Finland: Knowledge, taste and participation

2011 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Semi Purhonen ◽  
Jukka Gronow ◽  
Keijo Rahkonen
Keyword(s):  
Visual Arts ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Orientation ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Occupational Class ◽  
Age Cohorts ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
The Social ◽  
Nationally Representative

This article explores the social distribution of involvement in highbrow culture in light of three issues being discussed in cultural sociology. One is that highbrow cultural orientation is an indicator of cultural capital or of social status. A second, the ‘meltdown scenario’, suggests that not only the popularity of highbrow activities, but also their distinctiveness, has decreased among younger cohorts in comparison to older cohorts. A third deals with the ‘feminization’ of highbrow culture. These issues are empirically addressed in contemporary Finland using nationally representative survey data. Highbrow culture is measured in three dimensions of cultural practices – knowledge, taste and participation – covering four different fields: music, literature, cinema and the visual arts. The results support all three arguments: First, education and occupational class are important social determinants of involvement in highbrow culture in Finland. Second, younger age cohorts show less interest in highbrow culture than do older Finns. Third, women tend to be more involved in highbrow culture than men. The results indicate considerable stability across the measures of highbrow culture and cultural fields. Social determinants of knowledge and cinema, however, are different from those in other dimensions and fields.

scholarly journals Culture and class in Canada

2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerry Veenstra
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Economic Capital ◽  
Social Critique ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Categorical Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Nationally Representative

I apply Pierre Bourdieu’s conception of relationally-defined social spaces of capitals and classes that delimit highbrow and lowbrow cultural forms to Canadian society. I use categorical principal components analysis techniques and a nationally representative survey dataset from 1998 containing measures of economic capital, cultural capital and a wide range of cultural practices to construct a visual representation of Canadian social space which is directly inspired by the social space for 1960s France crafted by Bourdieu in Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste (Bourdieu 1984). After identifying nascent class groupings and potentially highbrow and lowbrow cultural practices in my depiction of social space, I speculate on precisely how such cultural practices might factor into class dynamics in Canada, in particular examining the role played by “cultural omnivorism” in identifying and reinforcing class distinctions.

scholarly journals ANALISIS WACANA KRITIS PADA CATATAN NAJWA BERJUDUL “TRIAS KORUPTIKA” PERSPEKTIF NORMAN FAIRCLOUGH

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 244
Author(s):  
Siti Ummi Habibah
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Court Judge ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Discourse Practice

practices that consist of representation, identity and social relationships, so it is closely related to the context beyond discourse. One of the Catatan Najwa TV Programs entitled “Trias Koruptika” indicates the ideology in the text affected by the social context when the record was created. This study aims to see the construction of ideology and social context behind the writing of the text. This research is qualitative descriptive research. A theory used is a critical analysis of Norman Fairclough’s perspective that includes analysis in three dimensions: analysis of language text, discourse practice, and socio-cultural practice. The results showed that in text analysis, Catatan Najwa voiced disappointment, criticism and built a negative representation of three government institutions due to a corruption case. In the practice of discussion, the ideology can be conveyed and accepted well by society. As for the analysis of socio-cultural practices, the issue of corruption conducted by the supreme court judge and other corruption cases in 2013 had a major role in creating Catatan Najwa: “Trias Koruptika”.

How Do Adolescent Social Determinants and Social Contexts Shape Adult Sexual Identification?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Silva ◽  
Clare R Evans
Keyword(s):  
Social Determinants ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Multilevel Models ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Sexual Identification

Abstract This study explores the social determinants of exclusively straight sexual identification in a large, nationally representative sample. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and combining cross-classified multilevel models with social network analysis, we examine how straight identification varies across school, neighborhood, and network community contexts. We also test whether numerous determinants identified by prior ethnographic studies predict straight identification. The use of panel data enables us to establish temporal order, avoiding many of the disadvantages of cross-sectional studies. After controlling for attractions and sexual behaviors, we find persistent clustering of adult sexual identification by adolescent social context, suggesting that these contexts may shape later sexual identification. Religiosity, political conservatism, Black racial identification, migration status, and male identification were strong predictors of straight identification. This study provides the most comprehensive analysis of the social determinants of sexual identification to date as well as evidence on the generalizability of previous findings.

Impact of the Locus of Causality and Internal Control on the Social Utility of Causal Explanations

2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Perrin ◽  
Benoît Testé
Keyword(s):  
Internal Control ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
External Control ◽  
Job Interview ◽  
Locus Of Causality ◽  
Causal Explanations ◽  
Professional Success ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types

Research into the norm of internality ( Beauvois & Dubois, 1988 ) has shown that the expression of internal causal explanations is socially valued in social judgment. However, the value attributed to different types of internal explanations (e.g., efforts vs. traits) is far from homogeneous. This study used the Weiner (1979 ) tridimensional model to clarify the factors explaining the social utility attached to internal versus external explanations. Three dimensions were manipulated: locus of causality, controllability, and stability. Participants (N = 180 students) read the explanations expressed by appliants during a job interview. They then described the applicants on the French version of the revised causal dimension scale and rated their future professional success. Results indicated that internal-controllable explanations were the most valued. In addition, perceived internal and external control of explanations were significant predictors of judgments.

Addressing the Social Determinants of Health

2019 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saty Satya-Murti ◽  
Jennifer Gutierrez
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Social Determinants Of Health ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Social Activism ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Medical Attention ◽  
Community Center ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
The Social

The Los Angeles Plaza Community Center (PCC), an early twentieth-century Los Angeles community center and clinic, published El Mexicano, a quarterly newsletter, from 1913 to 1925. The newsletter’s reports reveal how the PCC combined walk-in medical visits with broader efforts to address the overall wellness of its attendees. Available records, some with occasional clinical details, reveal the general spectrum of illnesses treated over a twelve-year span. Placed in today’s context, the medical care given at this center was simple and minimal. The social support it provided, however, was multifaceted. The center’s caring extended beyond providing medical attention to helping with education, nutrition, employment, transportation, and moral support. Thus, the social determinants of health (SDH), a prominent concern of present-day public health, was a concept already realized and practiced by these early twentieth-century Los Angeles Plaza community leaders. Such practices, although not yet nominally identified as SDH, had their beginnings in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century social activism movement aiming to mitigate the social ills and inequities of emerging industrial nations. The PCC was one of the pioneers in this effort. Its concerns and successes in this area were sophisticated enough to be comparable to our current intentions and aspirations.

Founding Gods, Inventing Nations

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
William F. McCants
Keyword(s):  
Near East ◽  
Cultural Orientation ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Islamic Culture ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Islamic Empire ◽  
First Time ◽  
Vast Range

From the dawn of writing in Sumer to the sunset of the Islamic empire, this book traces four thousand years of speculation on the origins of civilization. Investigating a vast range of primary sources, some of which are translated here for the first time, and focusing on the dynamic influence of the Greek, Roman, and Arab conquests of the Near East, the book looks at the ways the conquerors and those they conquered reshaped their myths of civilization's origins in response to the social and political consequences of empire. The Greek and Roman conquests brought with them a learned culture that competed with that of native elites. The conquering Arabs, in contrast, had no learned culture, which led to three hundred years of Muslim competition over the cultural orientation of Islam, a contest reflected in the culture myths of that time. What we know today as Islamic culture is the product of this contest, whose protagonists drew heavily on the lore of non-Arab and pagan antiquity. The book argues that authors in all three periods did not write about civilization's origins solely out of pure antiquarian interest—they also sought to address the social and political tensions of the day. The strategies they employed and the postcolonial dilemmas they confronted provide invaluable context for understanding how authors today use myth and history to locate themselves in the confusing aftermath of empire.

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