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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"symbolic-capital"”.
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"Fire, lights, everything!" : exploring symbolic capital in the Tecnobrega dance scene
… on a 10-day ethnographic field trip to the capital of Tecnobrega, Belem. This music industry has circumvented mainstream conventions by forgoing copyright and collaborating with 'pirates'. Tecnobrega's audiences not only assist in the circulation of content, but through their socializing and …
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Race, Gender, Class, and Schooling: The Role of Cultural, Social, and Symbolic Capital
The transfer of cultural, social, and symbolic capital shapes the educational processes and influences the educational outcomes of African-American students in desegregated environments. The stratified nature of capital fosters hierarchical dynamics between those who do and those who do not possess …
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The Rhetoric of Distance: Symbolic Capital and Women's Textual Practices in Seventeenth-Century England
"This study expands the account of women's literary production in seventeenth-century England. The story I tell details the complex intersections between class and gender discourse in England during the tumultuous years surrounding the Civil War. Much of the work done on women writers in England …
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An Analysis of Architecture and Power in the Ceremonial Centers of the South Appalachian Mississippian Built Environment
… society had a hierarchical structure of capital distribution and leadership. The construction of ceremonial space in the Mississippian built environment was used in the production and maintenance of inequality, and was constructed at multiple scales that reflected Mississippian ideology. …
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Between Facebook and Boas: Kichwa Indigenous Identity in Alto Napo and Challenges to Multiculturalism in Ecuador
… region of Ecuador through Bourdieu’s concept of symbolic capital. Following an extended-case method, I analyze the articulation of <em>indigenousness</em> (as an idealized expression of tradition) vis-à-vis the power relationships of the actors involved in such process. A combination between …
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An investigation of influences on strategic decision-making in popular recorded music industry micro-enterprises
… as interplay between social, cultural, symbolic and economic capital, habitus, and field. The principle argument developed in this thesis is consistent with Bourdieu’s concept of recognition, and explores the desire for actors in this field to make strategic decisions that will position …
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Making American television series: A study of experts in the production process
… expertise in Hollywood is a distinctive form of capital that experts and Hollywood professionals exchange for other forms of capital in several fields. Hollywood professionals exchange it for symbolic capital within the industry and in the field of power. Agents of the state, social movements, …
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Supporting Academics’ Full-time Transition from Professional Practice to University. A Qualitative Study
… 1989:50), predominantly of field, habitus, and symbolic capital, as a framework of inquiry. This thesis adds to the theoretical understanding of, and practical approaches to, the limited body of research on the experiences of this diverse workforce in crossing disciplines and boundaries and …
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Analysing contemporary Shi'a political landscape in post-2003 Iraq: a Bourdieusian perspective on power dynamics
… the interplay of historical legacies, cultural, symbolic, and coercive capital among Shi'a factions. The research also highlights the significance of the hawza (Shi'a religious seminary) and religious authority in shaping political alignments and power relations, underscoring the complex and …
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Performing (Non)Profit, Race, and American Identity in the Nation's Capital: Arena Stage, 1950-2010
… of the site of struggle over different forms of capital. Located in Washington, D.C., Arena Stage is the ideal case study for both the invention of viable non-profit theatre and the negotiation of race and national identity in the United States. Arguably the closest institution the U.S. has to a …
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Ghumar: Historical Narratives and Gendered Practices of Dholis in Modern Rajasthan.
… contemporary locations in Rajasthan: Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan, and Jasol, a small town in the Barmer district of Rajasthan. I argue that, in the performance and historical narratives of Ghumar, Dholi communities in both Jaipur and Jasol claim professional, ritual, and personal ties …
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Jono Avyžiaus romanas: tekstas ir kontekstas /
… the writer the economic and social (political) capital. However, according to the literary field’s specificity, presupposing the ambiguous position of the writer (\"between\" paratopia), a writer in the field of literature could obtain the “gravity” only through the symbolic capital, generated …
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Latent networks: Ties, structures, and effects within an anonymous community
… index, version 2 (SCI-2), measured social capital exchange while cultural and symbolic capital measured participation in the forum and accumulation of images. Findings suggest the presence of an aggregate community structure and decreased importance of social capital, and provide additional …
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Renewable success : development of good architecture in the case of Arriyadh Development Authority, Saudi Arabia
… 'good' architectural projects to five elements: symbolic capital, efficiency and competence, architectural vision, adopting multi-perspectives and flexibility. The study concludes with a discussion of the future challenges facing ADA.
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Handcrafting a national industry : the production and patronage of Alexander Morton & Company's Donegal carpets
… Bourdieu's theory: habitus, cultural codes, and symbolic capital. Archival material, press accounts and historical writing reveal several issues involved in this enterprise,' such as ethnicity, gender, class and cultural appropriation, These issues are addressed in an examination of this …
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Part of the Club, Not of the Club: The Experiences of Racialized Women in Canadian Curling
… distribution of economic, social, cultural, and symbolic capital. I contend that curling participation requires substantial time and financial commitment. Next, I illustrate the invisible yet powerful nature of connections, explaining that entry into the sport is often contingent on having a …
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Digital Self-publishing as Planned Behaviour: Authors' Views on E-book Adoption
… an elevated risk to what Bourdieu called symbolic-capital. Some authors were also resistant because they felt unable to promote e-books in the way they are expected to. However, most said they would be willing to abandon their resistance if they perceived sufficient demand from their …
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Institution-Based Resource: Concept and Cases
… Bourdieu’s concepts of cultural consecration and symbolic capital to propose a concept of Institution-Based Resource (IBR) as a novel source of sustainable competitive advantage. We define an IBR as a valuable and symbolic resource that is consecrated and institutionalized by legitimate …
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From engagement to estrangement: the demise of the physically accessible police officer : a study of police commitment to proactive proximal engagement with local communities
… Consequently, while the cultural, social, and symbolic capital of officers in higher-priority roles flourishes, that of officers delivering proactive proximal engagement diminishes, as do their perceptions of organisational justice and self-legitimacy. The failure of forces to align resourcing …
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L'Historien dans la cite l'oeuvre intellectuelle de Donald Creighton et de Michel Brunet
… These historians attempted to mobilize their symbolic capital, a concept developed by the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, in order to obtain a privileged access to public space. They, more so than ordinary citizens, due to their status and title of university professors, were able to …
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