The omnivorous orientation in the UK

Warde, Alan; Wright, David; Gayo‐Cal, Modesto

doi:10.1016/j.poetic.2008.02.004

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“…Qualitative studies of omnivorousness (see e.g. Carrabine and Longhurst 1999;Warde et al 2008;Ollivier 2008;Bellavance 2008;Atkinson 2011;Rimmer 2011) that have generated "causalprocess observations" (Brady et al 2010:24) provide invaluable insights, but are limited by a crass exaggeration of the capacity of qualitative data to generate conceptual insight, and the invidious juxtaposition of what some analysts perceive to be the advantages of qualitative methodologies against the presumed limitations of quantitative strategies. 3 In addition, this literature tends to use qualitative data in a way that is no less prone to empiricism than their quantitative counterparts are.…”

Section: Theorizing Omnivorousness a Mechanisms-based Approachmentioning

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Reconceptualizing and Theorizing “Omnivorousness”

Ližardo

Skiles

2012

Sociological Theory

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Scores of sociological studies have provided evidence for the association between broad cultural taste, or omnivorousness, and various status characteristics, such as education, occupation, and age. Nevertheless, the literature lacks a consistent theoretical foundation with which to understand and organize these empirical findings. In this paper, we offer such a framework, suggesting that a mechanism-based approach is helpful for the examination of the origins of the omnivore-univore taste pattern as well as its class-based distribution. We re-ground the discussion of this phenomenon in Distinction (Bourdieu 1984), conceptualizing omnivorous taste as a transposable form of the aesthetic disposition available most readily to individuals who convert early aesthetic training into high cultural capital occupational trajectories. After outlining the genetic mechanisms that link the aesthetic disposition to early socialization trajectories, we identify two relational mechanisms that modulate its manifestation (either enhancing or inhibiting it) after early socialization.

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Section: Theorizing Omnivorousness a Mechanisms-based Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reconceptualizing and Theorizing “Omnivorousness”

Ližardo

Skiles

2012

Sociological Theory

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“…Recent scholarship has found that status is increasingly connected not with ''high brow'' snobbery, but rather with omnivorous tastes; that is, elites show their distinction by consuming a great variety of different types of art and culture and by being eclectic and cosmopolitan in their cultural choices (Peterson and Kern, 1996;Peterson and Simkus, 1992;Emmison, 2003;Ollivier et al, 2008). The omnivore thesis has been supported, refined and critiqued by dozens of scholars over the last two decades (Katz-Gerro, 2006;Han, 2003;Van Rees et al, 1999;Bryson, 1997;Warde et al, 1999;Warde et al, 2008;Bellavance, 2008). People disagree on whether omnivorousness has replaced elite forms of cultural capital, or whether omnivorousness is simply an additional form; high status individuals now need to know both the right kind of culture as well as a variety of other cultural styles and forms.…”

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Pathways to music exploration in a digital age

Tepper

Hargittai

2009

Poetics

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This paper looks at the largely unexplored terrain of how young people find music that is new to them in an environment with an unprecedented number of possibilities. Digital media has changed not only how artists create and distribute content, but also how listeners find and access new material. The new options exist in the context of older traditions such as using one's social networks or traditional media to find content. Based on original data with a sample of college students, we find that while students use digital media to find music new to them, social networks and traditional media continue to play a very important role in the course of exploration. We also find that digital technology is used differently by different types of music consumers and draw distinctions between peer-to-peer services and browsing, with the former more likely to be used by students from higher socio-economic backgrounds who are opinion leaders in the realm of music. We conclude with observations about the nature of opinion leadership and music and argue that future research should examine more closely the links among the discovery and sharing of culture, opinion leadership and social recognition and status. #

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“…If few research projects have explicitly used integrated mixed method designs, they seem especially rare within food studies. In the absence of ready to hand examples of inquiries which draw evenly upon several disciplinary traditions and which might demonstrate the potentiality for integration of both theory and method, I will present an example from a study drawing upon recent developments in the sociology of culture, where exercises in the combination of qualitative and quantitative techniques have proved successful (Bennett et al, 2009;Elliott et al, 2010;Miles and Sullivan, 2013;Cveticanin, 2012;Warde et al, 2008). The example derives only from within a single discipline, Sociology, although it is a reasonable testing ground not only because it is currently comparatively undogmatic as regards theory or doctrine but also because many of its controversies find echoes between and within other social sciences.…”

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Food studies and the integration of multiple methods

Warde

2014

Política Soc.

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The study of food and eating draws evidence from many different disciplines using many different methods. This paper argues that this should be viewed positively; the idea that there is one best method, or suite of methods, to which every social scientist should be committed is at odds with both processes of knowledge formation and the complexity of alimentary life. Complex research questions necessitate multiple sources and methods, the greatest challenge being to fashion and to justify an integrated interpretation of different types of data. The paper examines these issues with reference to debates about the use of mixed methods, which have mostly focused on the reconciliation within a single study of quantitative and qualitative data. A broader remit is advocated, paying attention to protocols for integrating multiple methods. The argument is illustrated with reference to the design and analysis of a study which collected evidence about the activity of eating out. The paper speculates about whether deliberate and purposeful use of multiple methods may be a key to generating explanations, and ultimately theories, which transcend disciplinary boundaries.

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The omnivorous orientation in the UK

Cited by 124 publications

References 16 publications

Reconceptualizing and Theorizing “Omnivorousness”

Reconceptualizing and Theorizing “Omnivorousness”

Pathways to music exploration in a digital age

Food studies and the integration of multiple methods

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