Field (Bourdieu)

About: Field (Bourdieu) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 11421 publications have been published within this topic receiving 180769 citations.

Being critical: the practical logic of Bourdieu's metanoia

Abstract: This article addresses the notion of ‘being critical’ in the application of the theoretical approach of Pierre Bourdieu to educational policy research. It stems from a concern to avoid a kind of ‘critical ghetto’, where educational research is reinterpreted in Bourdieusian terms, or metaphorised in his conceptual language, without realising the practical implications and consequences of viewing educational phenomena from such a perspective. Issues of research theory and practice are discussed, as well as the meaning of ‘being critical’. A series of case examples are offered where a Bourdieusian approach uncovered hidden generating structures in a range of educational settings: the education field of power; teacher education; language in education; and social capital policy. Rather than prioritise the political and emancipatory aspects of such critical analyses, the article, whilst acknowledging the necessity of these, draws attention to the practical, policy implications arising from the studies. The unde...

An Approach to Planning Discourse Analysis

Abstract: The field of planning discourse is associated with two main approaches to planning: one that is based in social theory and another that is related to discourse analysis as practised in cognitive sc...