Habitus

outline a proposal to explore and analyze Chilean investigative journalism in the post-dictatorship period (1990-2015) in the light of Bourdieu’s contribution to media studies. Specifically, the Bourdieu’s concepts of the journalistic field, the habitus, and the idea of capital were explored as a fruitful frame to understand the Chilean investigative journalism as a case study. This has been fundamental in the afterwards because I enlarged the critical readings on this frame as a participant of…

Generation, Ethnic-Minority students at a Canadian University, studies how social capital that is against the norm triumphs in helping FGC minority students in their college careers. This study particular is based on Pierre Bourdieu and his concept of habitus (Biriani and Lehmann, pg.…

Ever since the time of birth we have been engaging in social interactions, whether is be through verbal or non-verbal communication. It is a vital component in the growth of a human being; it’s almost impossible to through life without social interaction; our relations and perceptions constitute how interact with someone. Mills once brought up that our sociological perspective connects our personal experiences with larger social issues, which means that our commonly held understandings are what…

The two words mindset and subculture are used frequently in our daily life. However, few people may notice the relation between them. Mindset is a fixed mental attitude that can foreseen people’s response to a particular situation. Subculture is a group of people share the same background and beliefs that different from the mainstream. Some people state that there is no close relationship between mindset and subculture, but I think the philosophy of subculture includes the philosophy of mindset.…

Gender reproduction’s central concept is habitus where groups in society have certain values and expectations that are learned through gender experience. These experiences reinforce gender based opportunities and constraints. In the article, Differences in Children’s Construction of Gender Across…

those that supported them – whether vocally or not – have begun to push against the hegemony. In time, perhaps, their residual hegemony will become emergent as people push the line between Doxa and ROAD. Bourdieu, Pierre 1977 [1972] Structures, habitus, power: basis for a theory of symbolic power. In Outline of a Theory of Practice, Richard Nice, trans. Pp.159-239. New York: Cambridge University Press. Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) 2016 Timeline: The Armed Occupation of the Malheur National…

A society is comprised of individuals that constitute a set of normative rules that serve as a decree to accept some individuals, while rejecting others as part of that same society. Breaking a social norm is almost as if one is rebelling and/or refuting against the rules set by the members of the society (Becker 1982). Or in some instance, unfortunately more common than it may appear, individuals, like international immigrants or residents of a different community, simply lack the knowledge of…

Identity Limbo For as long as I can remember, I have always been the “outsider” of my family. I speak differently. I dress differently. I act differently. Essentially, according to my family, I am “whitewashed”. Prior coming to college and learning about concepts such as oppression and Critical Race Theory, I naively took pride in my assimilation into “white culture”; to me assimilation meant success. Still, I never felt like I “fit in” with white people. And despite the fact that I am Hispanic…

In his book, Blue Chicago, David Grazian defines roles based on interactions that people have in Chicago's Blues clubs. Roles such as these can be assigned to people in any social situation. This principle can be extrapolated to other social contexts such as the expression of gratitude between Oberlin College students and the staff at Stevenson Dining Hall. This is demonstrated through the observation of interactions between students and staff members in three different scenarios: swiping in at…

Many people would assume that performing radiographic examinations is a simple task. However, this is not the case, there are multiple factors that need to be considered when a technologist is attempting to obtain adequate radiographic images. Between didactic and clinical instruction students such as myself are learning to recognize the importance of these factors. By extension, we are learning when and why adjustments to key factors are required. Accordingly, my Instructors have stressed the…