Cultural capital: objective probability and the cultural arbitrary

Moore, Rob

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“…Here, the awarding of capital entails a reciprocal obligation, thus intrinsically connecting the exchange to social inequality and relations of power (Moore, 2004). In terms of the current study, the coaches appeared to strike a 'deal' with themselves; Sean would be included as long as they and the programme could be associated with his likely success.…”

Section: Tolerating Seanmentioning

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Negotiation and capital: athletes’ use of power in an elite men's rowing program

Purdy

Jones

Cassidy

2009

Sport, Education and Society

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Negotiation and capital: Athletes' use of power in an elite men's rowing program 2 AbstractThe aim of this paper is to examine how power is given, acquired and used by athletes in the elite sporting context. It focuses on a top-level athlete's reactions to the behaviors of his coaches and how such actions contribute to the creation of a coaching climate, which both influences and 'houses' coaching . The paper centres on Sean (a pseudonym), a top-level rower and his preparation for crew selection to the upcoming international regatta season. Specifically, it illustrates Sean's interaction with those responsible for a national rowing programme following his decision not to participate in an aspect of that programme. Sean's story, from both his own and the perspectives of his coaches, is presented using a variation of realist tales which draw upon excerpts from field-notes and interview transcripts.

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“…Such a development can be linked to Bourdieu's notion of exchange (Moore, 2004). Here, the awarding of capital entails a reciprocal obligation, thus intrinsically connecting the exchange to social inequality and relations of power (Moore, 2004).…”

Section: Tolerating Seanmentioning

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Negotiation and capital: athletes’ use of power in an elite men's rowing program

Purdy

Jones

Cassidy

2009

Sport, Education and Society

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“…There is no necessary correlation between formal (school-based) literacy and social or economic empowerment (see, e.g., Aikman, 1999), and in circumstances where this remains the case, there is little incentive for its acquisition. Although it is important to note that both positive and negative attitudes were expressed by participants across the age range in this study, it should be recollected that the structure of cultural capital is provided by meanings and values that are relational rather than intrinsic (Moore, 2004). In a context in which group membership can be inferred through nonadherence to mainstream cultural codes, it would appear that cultural capital is liable to be manifested in the form of an absence of certain elements that constitute the capital of the surrounding society.…”

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Literacy in English Gypsy Communities: Cultural Capital Manifested as Negative Assets

Levinson

2007

American Educational Research Journal

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The attribution of low literacy levels among Gypsy children to difficulties of access to schools neglects underlying sociocultural explanations. There has been little analysis in reports/studies of Gypsy attitudes toward literacy, nor of outcomes of acquisition. Informed by new literacy theory and by the discourse of previous ethnographic studies, and by acculturation theories, this article draws on findings from an ethnographic study of English Gypsies (1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000), and data from a follow-up study, involving original and additional participants (2005)(2006). The article explores attitudes across age groups, highlighting social reasons for resistance to literacy, and argues that policy makers should consider effects on group membership and ways in which formal literacy can constitute a mechanism for disempowerment. KEYWORDS: acculturation, group boundaries, Gypsies, integration, literacy A n ontological perspective regards learning as constituting issues of identity as well as knowledge, and inevitably, this involves social identification (Lave, 1993;Packer, 2001;Wenger, 1998). Often perceived as a means of empowering the disempowered, the commitment of educators to improve literacy levels of individuals from marginalised groups tends to overlook the wider social and cultural repercussions. At the same time, it also serves to reify schooled notions of literacy, when literacy actually needs to be considered in its wider social, cultural, historical, economic, and political contexts (Barton, 1994;Gee, 2000). American Educational Research JournalWinter 2007, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 1-35 MARTIN P. LEVINSON is a lecturer at the School of Education, University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, Devon, England, EX1 2LU; e-mail: m.p. Levinson@exeter.ac.uk. His research background is in ethnographic investigation of marginal groups. His work crosses disciplinary boundaries, drawing on theories from education, cultural studies, sociology, social psychology, and anthropology. His interest in the area of Gypsy/Romani studies arose from professional experience teaching in mainstream (secondary) schools, as well as from extensive traveling, during which time he came into contact with Roma groups.

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“…Robinson and Kerr (2009) show how symbolic violence becomes a way of conceptualizing legitimate domination, where structural domination is misrecognized by followers as 'charm', or 'as the attributes of the 'natural leader' (Robinson & Kerr, 2009, p. 881).They have also examined how symbolic violence in banking came to be maintained by 'economic violence' which in turn counted as symbolic capital outside the organization; thus symbolic violence truly becomes a relationship of domination (Kerr & Robinson, 2012). Besides the educational context (Moore, 2004), the concept of a 'cultural arbitrary' is beginning to generate some interest in organization studies. For example, Kamoche and Pinnington (2012) have examined the ideological underpinnings of organizational spirituality through the lens of symbolic violence, with reference to the cultural arbitrary of managerial power and the effects of pedagogy.…”

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Knowledge-Sharing, Control, Compliance and Symbolic Violence

Kamoche

Kannan

Siebers

2014

Organization Studies

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Recent developments in control hold that professionals are best managed through normative and concertive as opposed to bureaucratic and coercive mechanisms. This post-structuralist approach appeals to the notion of congruent values and norms and acknowledges the role of individuals' subjectivity in sustaining professional autonomy. Yet, there remains a risk of oversimplifying the manifestations of such control initiatives. By means of an in-depth case study, this article considers the challenge of implementing a knowledge-sharing portal for a community of R&D scientists through management control initiatives that relied on a blend of presumed 'peer pressure' and the rhetoric of 'facilitation'. Arguing that traditional approaches such as normative/concertive control and soft bureaucracy only partially explain this phenomenon, we draw from Pierre Bourdieu's concept of 'symbolic violence' to interpret a managerial initiative to appropriate knowledge and affirm the structure of social relations through the complicity of R&D scientists. We also examine how the scientists channelled resistance by reconstituting compliance in line with their sense of identity as creators of knowledge.

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Cultural capital: objective probability and the cultural arbitrary

Cited by 64 publications

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Negotiation and capital: athletes’ use of power in an elite men's rowing program

Negotiation and capital: athletes’ use of power in an elite men's rowing program

Literacy in English Gypsy Communities: Cultural Capital Manifested as Negative Assets

Knowledge-Sharing, Control, Compliance and Symbolic Violence

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