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Field (Bourdieu)

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


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors apply Bourdieu's field theory to music, but do so with a critical orientation, focusing on the fin de millenaire music style called glitch, a style characterized by sonic fragments of technological error.
Abstract: Bourdieu's cultural sociology has become increasingly attractive to sociologists of music looking to account for the complex interrelations between industry, institution and practice. There remains, however, a tendency in such work to reduce the complexity and scope of Bourdieu's ideas. This paper attempts to apply Bourdieu's field theory to music, but does so with a critical orientation. The focus of the paper is the fin de millenaire music style called glitch, a style characterized by sonic fragments of technological error. While we learn a lot about the social trajectories of glitch from greater sensitization to its position in a structured setting of socio-economic relations, it becomes difficult to account for the centrality of technological mediators to this contemporary style of music using Bourdieu's categories alone. The paper pursues the possibility of supplementing or combining a Bourdieusian approach with actor network theory.

89 citations

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TL;DR: The sociologists of science are preoccupied with the producers of science in a way that takes little account of what is being produced, as pointed out by Storer and Cole as mentioned in this paper, who see the sociology of science as being concerned with the behaviour and organization of scientists.
Abstract: Science as an important area of human activity has attracted the attention of historians and philosophers as well as sociologists. However, sociologists in their attempt to establish an independent sub discipline, the Sociology of Science, have too often disregarded work in the History and Philosophy of Science. Moreover they have separated the Sociology of Science from the Sociology of Knowledge. All these have resulted in a conception of the sub discipline that suggests it should be devoted to the study of the producers of science without much or any reference to the internal cognitive nature and fonn of science. I believe it is essential to understand the relationship between these two to have a sound Sociology of Science, and that a separation of the study of the producers of certain cultural artifacts, that is of science, without reference to the fonn and substance of science itself is mistaken. To illustrate my observation that sociologists of science are preoccupied with the producers in a way that takes little account of what is being produced, I should like to refer to Storer (1966: 3-9) who sees the sociology of science as being concerned with the behaviour and organization of scientists. The internal organization of science, science as a social institution, as a profession and as a communication system are the chief areas of study. A similar view is expressed by Cole (1970). He states that the analysis of the social conditions which affect the processes of discovery, evaluation and diffusion of ideas comprise the domain of the sociology of science. These approaches, which are characteristic of North American work, exclude any discussion of the subject matter of science. Ignoring the cognitive aspect of scientists' activities, they restrict sociology to discussion of social relations and processes. Ideas are taken as given, they are objectified as citation or paper counts where each paper is taken to

89 citations

Book
01 Jan 2010
TL;DR: The influence of psychology on economics has been discussed by leading economics scholars as mentioned in this paper, discussing topics including pro-social behavior, conditional trust, neuroeconomics, procedural utility, and happiness research.
Abstract: Leading economics scholars consider the influence of psychology on economics, discussing topics including pro-social behavior, conditional trust, neuroeconomics, procedural utility, and happiness research.

89 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
01 Jan 2010
TL;DR: The emergence of environmental history as a self-conscious science in the historical and cultural context of the passage of the twentieth to the twenty-first century is discussed in this paper, where environmental history is defined as an open and non-reductive investigation of the interactions between social systems and natural systems over time.
Abstract: The article analyzes the emergence of environmental history as a self-conscious science in the historical and cultural context of the passage of the twentieth to the twenty-first century. He defines environmental history as an open and non-reductive investigation of the interactions between social systems and natural systems over time. Also discussed are the sociological factors and the fundamental epistemological issues present in the constitution of this new historiographical field.

88 citations

Book Chapter
30 Nov 2003
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the newest developments from the field of positioning theory on human social relations, aiming to achieve a more dynamic and powerful account of human social relation, and to break disciplinary boundaries.
Abstract: About the book: This volume focuses on relations between the self and other individuals, the self and groups, and the self and context. Leading scholars in the field of positioning theory present the newest developments from this field on human social relations. The discussion is international, multidisciplinary, and multi-method, aiming to achieve a more dynamic and powerful account of human social relations, and to break disciplinary boundaries.

88 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202213
2021631
2020711
2019709
2018748
2017622