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.

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.

Tomorrow Today: Social Experimentation and Changing Life-Styles

1980 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-574
Author(s):  
Michel Schiray ◽  
Silvia Sigal
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
Practical Strategy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Social Experimentation

This paper provides an analysis based on the findings of a survey of social experimentation in a wide range of spheres. The survey is currently in progress, mainly in industrialized countries. Rather than collate these experiences or classify them into types,1 the paper analyses them from a twofold interest: first, the conceptual and theoretical challenge they pose in the search for alternative forms of development and life-styles, and, secondly, the practical strategy they indicate in respect of the points of intervention in the social space in order to meet such a challenge.

scholarly journals THE RESILIENCE OF BALI TRADITIONAL POTTERY CRAFTSMEN OF PEJATEN VILLAGE IN THE GLOBAL ERA

2021 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ida Ayu Gede Artayani ◽  
I Wayan Ardika ◽  
I Nyoman Suarka ◽  
I Wayan Suwena
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Symbolic Capital ◽  
Economic Capital ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Global Era ◽  
The Social ◽  
Capital Ownership

Pottery craftsmen in Pejaten Village still survive producing traditional pottery amid changes in their socio-cultural space. This study aims to analyze the reasons they persist in the realm of traditional pottery crafts today. This study uses the paradigm of critical thinking with a qualitative approach that views social reality as something that is intact, complex, dynamic, full of meaning with interactive symptom relationships. This research, analyzed by the generative structural theory of Pierre Bourdieu. Theory to explain the practice in the realm of pottery crafts in Pejaten Village. Bourdieu made a generative formula about practice, namely: (Habitus x Capital) + Domain = Practice. The results of this study indicate the survival practice of these pottery craftsmen by applying the habitus cutting strategy, in the form of intergenerational skills through informal education between families. Habitus they have internalized in individuals and make them have cultural capital. Ownership of cultural capital can be converted into other forms of capital, but the ability to convert capital cannot be done by all individuals, even though they grow and have a similar habitus. This is influenced by cognitive abilities, reasoning power, episteme, and individual experiences. This results in a class structure in the realm. Ownership of habitus and cultural capital is not sufficient to survive in this realm. Other capital ownership is needed, such as: economic capital, social capital, and symbolic capital. The results of this study can be used as a reference for developing the cultural sustainability of the traditional heritage between generations in responding to the changes that have occurred in the social space for pottery handicrafts in Pejaten Village today.  Keywords: sustainability, habitus, capital, traditional pottery craftsmen.

Feminism and Social Critique in Syrian Contemporary Art

2020 ◽  
pp. 26-40
Author(s):  
Charlotte Bank
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
First Century ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Social Critique ◽  
Political Status ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range

This chapter examines artworks by young Syrian artists produced during the first decade of the twenty–first–century. Seeking to distance themselves from what they perceived as outdated aesthetics, seen in the work of their teachers in the art school and the work exhibited at the official, state–sponsored artistic events, the young generation of artists began experimenting with artistic techniques and media that were new to the country, also searching for new ways to interact with society and advocate for social and eventually political change in the country. They addressed a wide range of issues related to the contemporary Syrian society and made a critique of the social and political status quo. Critical examinations of gender norms presented an important aspect of their critical art production, as they regarded the issues of gender as an important part of their wider project of re–thinking art as a means for social and political change.

scholarly journals Discrimination against Veiled Muslim Women in Switzerland: Insights from Field Experts

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 500
Author(s):  
Anaïd Lindemann
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Important Marker

Although the hijab has recently attracted much attention from social scientists, the discrimination experienced by hijabis has been insufficiently investigated. Data are difficult to obtain, partly because surveys usually do not have items on this practice and victims are difficult to reach. However, field experts, namely active agents in governmental racism-prevention institutions and in Muslim associations, can provide rich insights into processes of discrimination. Based on an analysis of semi-structured interviews, I answer the following question: how do governmental and non-governmental experts describe discrimination against hijabis in Switzerland? The results reveal that, according to the experts interviewed, the hijab is the most important marker leading to processes of discrimination; this discrimination takes a variety of forms and affects a wide range of life domains and profiles of hijabis; such discrimination leads to a segregation of the social space of hijabis; many women are unwilling to report discrimination to governmental services for different reasons.

scholarly journals From Class Politics to Classed Politics

Sociology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 879-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vegard Jarness ◽  
Magne Paalgard Flemmen ◽  
Lennart Rosenlund
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
Economic Capital ◽  
The Political ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
Class Politics ◽  
New Politics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Material Values ◽  
Multidimensional Concept

Questions of political conflict have always been central to class analysis; changing political fault lines were a key argument in the debates about the ‘death of class’. The ensuing ‘cultural turn’ in class analysis has shown how class continues to shape lives and experience, though often in new ways. In this article, we bring this mode of analysis to the political domain by unpacking how a multidimensional concept of class – based on the ideas of Bourdieu – can help make sense of contemporary political divisions. We demonstrate that there is a homological relation between the social space and the political space: pronounced political divisions between ‘old’ politics related to economic issues and ‘new’ politics related to ‘post-material values’ follow the volume and composition of capital. Importantly, the left/right divide seems more clearly related to the divide between cultural and economic capital than to the class hierarchy itself.

scholarly journals LANGUAGE TOOLS TO INCLUDE OTHERS INTO PERSONAL SPHERE OF THE SPEAKER IN TURKISH

2021 ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
Елена Марковна Напольнова
Keyword(s):  
Social Distance ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Specific System ◽  
Personal Names ◽  
Demonstrative Pronoun ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Kinship Term ◽  
Turkish Language

Каждый язык обладает системой средств, отражающих взаимные позиции коммуникантов и характеризующих социальную дистанцию между собеседниками. Цель исследования, проведенного на материале примеров из разговорного турецкого языка (ТЯ), зафиксированных автором, состоит в определении набора языковых средств включения собеседника в личную сферу говорящего в ТЯ. Теоретически значимой задачей является включение соответствующих данных в лингво-типологические исследования. В качестве обращений в ТЯ используются личные имена, апеллятивы и (псевдо)термины родства. В рамках системы языковых средств эгоцентрического структурирования окружающего социального пространства основным средством включения присутствующего в сферу говорящего в ТЯ является использование в обращениях посессивного показателя 1 л. ед. ч. (мой). Обращения к младшим состоят из их личного имени или (псевдо)термина родства и посессивного показателя 1 л. ед. ч. Использование посессивного показателя 1 л. ед. ч. при обращения к старшим возможно при условии использования уменьшительного показателя. Обращение к старшим по возрасту с использованием только личного имени невозможно. Местоимение ты используется в отношении широкого круга лиц и не может считаться средством включения собеседника в личную сферу говорящего. Инструментом сознательного исключения присутствующих из личной сферы говорящего является использование в отношении них указательного местоимения 3 л. şu. Несмотря на специфику набора языковых средств включения окружающих в личную сферу говорящего в ТЯ, общая ситуация полностью соответствует ее определению, предложенному Ю. Д. Апресяном. Each language has a culturally specific system of tools that reflect the mutual positions of communicants, including tools that characterize the social distance between interlocutors. This investigation was conducted on the example material from conversational Turkish Language recorded by the author. Its purpose is to determine a set of linguistic tools that allows the inclusion of the interlocutor in the speaker’s personal sphere in Turkish. Theoretically, it is important to include relevant data in linguistic and typological studies. Personal names, appellatives, and (pseudo) kinship terms are used as addresses in Turkish. Within the system of language tools of egocentric structuring of the surrounding social space, the main tool of including of a person into the sphere of the speaker is the possessive suffix of 1 Pers. Sing. (“my”) in various types of addresses. For younger recipients the suffix “my” is used with their personal name or (pseudo) kinship term. The inclusion of senior recipients in the personal sphere of the speaker using the possessive suffix “my” is possible with the preliminary use of the diminutive suffix. Addressing senior recipients through the usage of their personal names is not possible. The pronoun sen “you” (Sing.) cannot be considered as a tool of including the interlocutor in the personal sphere of the speaker, since it is used in relation to a wide range of people. The tool for deliberately excluding those present from the speaker’s personal sphere is the use of the demonstrative pronoun of 3 Pers. şu. Despite the specific set of language tools of incorporating other persons into a personal field of speaker in Turkish, the overall situation is in line with the definition proposed by Yu. Apresyan.

Radical right supporters in the social space

2020 ◽  
pp. 101-117
Author(s):  
Koen Damhuis
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Structural Diversity ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Economic Capital ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Radical Right ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Structural Variables ◽  
The Right

This chapter examines the structural sources of heterogeneity among radical right voters. It does so by focusing on three dimensions: whodunnit (social characteristics), whydunnit (political preferences) and howdunnit (the political decision-making process). In order to account for the interrelatedness of socio-structural variables, this part of the study relies on Pierre Bourdieu’s conception of social space. In this two-dimensional framework, the volume of cultural and economic capital constitutes a vertical axis (with high capital volume at the top and low capital volume at the bottom), whereas the horizontal dimension covers the composition of capital (with a dominance of cultural capital on the left side and a dominance of economic capital on the right side of the axis). Based on specific multiple correspondence analyses (MCA), the chapter reports recurring patterns of structural diversity among radical right-wing voters, that are of crucial importance with respect to the findings presented in Chapters 6, 7, and 8.

Cultures in Motion

2013 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Modern China ◽  
African Dance ◽  
Surprising Effect ◽  
Musical Practices ◽  
Labor Networks

This book offers new conceptual vocabularies for understanding how cultures have trespassed across geography and social space. From the transformations of the meanings and practices of charity during late antiquity and the transit of medical knowledge between early modern China and Europe, to the fusion of Irish and African dance forms in early nineteenth-century New York, the book follows a wide array of cultural practices through the lens of motion, translation, itinerancy, and exchange, extending the insights of transnational and translocal history. The book challenges the premise of fixed, stable cultural systems by showing that cultural practices have always been moving, crossing borders and locations with often surprising effect. The chapters offer striking examples from early to modern times of intrusion, translation, resistance, and adaptation. These are histories where nothing—dance rhythms, alchemical formulas, musical practices, feminist aspirations, sewing machines, streamlined metals, or labor networks—remains stationary.

REKONSTRUKSI DAN REAKTUALISASI LITERASI EKOLOGI SOSIAL ISLAM

1970 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heru Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Social Ecology ◽  
Social Space ◽  
The State ◽  
Ecological Literacy ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
The Social

Literasi ekologi sosial Islam adalah interaksi manusia dengan lingkungan alam, teknologi, dan sosial yang didasarkan pada prinsip dasar Islam. Rekonstruksi literasi ekologi sosial Islam yang bisa direkonstruksi adalah prinsip dasar Islam yang menegaskan posisi manusia sebagai “pemimpin” yang diberi “amanah” untuk mengelola “bumi” atau “lingkungan alam dan sumber daya alam” sebaik-baiknya. Rekonstruksi literasi ekologis inilah yang kemudian akan diaktualisasikan pada masyarakat. Proses aktualisasi adalah kegiatan aktual dalam menanamkan kesadaran ekologi sosial Islam pada masyarakat yang mana dilakukan dalam ruang sosial keluarga, masyarakat, dan sekolah yang diorganisasi oleh negara melalui kebijakan dan peraturan per undang-undangan. Dengan proses rekonstruksi dan aktualisasi yang terstruktur ini, maka negara akan aktif membangun kesadaran ekologis sosial Islam dengan aktif dan terstruktur dengan baik guna mewujudkan basis kesadaran, ilmu pengetahuan, dan tata nilai ekologi sosial Islam pada masyarakat. Literacy on Islamic social ecology is the human interaction with the natural environment, technology, and social which is based on the basic principles of Islam. Reconstruction of literacy on Islamic social ecology that can be reconstructed is a basic tenet of Islam that affirms the human position as a "leader" by "mandate" to manage "Earth" or "natural environment and natural resources" as well as possible. Reconstruction of ecological literacy is then to be actualized in society. The process of actualization is actual activity in instilling awareness of the social ecology of Islam in the society which is done in the social space of families, communities, and schools organized by the state through policies and regulations. With the process of reconstruction and actualization, then the state will actively build social-ecological awareness of Islam in order to realize a base of awareness, knowledge, and values of Islamic social ecology in society.

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