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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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01 Jan 2007
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TL;DR: The very existence of an object in a museum demonstrates that the past and what we have made of it and in it does not die as mentioned in this paper, and this process is ongoing in museums as elsewhere, so that there is a series of continuous social relations surrounding the object connecting 'field' and'museums'.
Abstract: The very existence of an object in a museum demonstrates that the past (and what we have made of it and in it) does not die.An object is best viewed as indicative of process, rather than static relations, and this process is ongoing in museums as elsewhere, so that there is a series of continuous social relations surrounding the object connecting 'field' and 'museums.'
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TL;DR: This article used Bourdieu's concept of "field" as a tool to examine higher education participation in England in the context of diversified and differentiated provision and found that rules created for the selective part of the HE field can have perverse effects on other parts of the field, creating barriers rather than bridges for students seeking to participate in HE via alternative routes.
Abstract: This paper uses Bourdieu’s concept of ‘field’ as a tool to examine higher education participation in England in the context of diversified and differentiated provision. Admissions practices for courses in two institutions offering tertiary and higher education demonstrate how the official rules of the game shape the experience of students moving into and through HE on vocational and alternative routes. These examples suggest that rules created for the ‘selective’ part of the HE field can have perverse effects on other parts of the field, creating barriers rather than bridges for students seeking to participate in HE via alternative routes. The paper concludes by considering the strengths and limitations of using Bourdieu’s tools for understanding diversification in HE. Does using Bourdieu lead to the inevitable conclusion that diversity is a form of diversion, directing a proportion of the population through an easily accessible, but ultimately less rewarding path, or can Bourdieu’s tools suggest possibil...
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23 Apr 2014
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TL;DR: Most children between the ages of 5 and 16 only spend 18% of their waking hours in school (Bransford, 2006). Yet contemporary society sees school as almost the sole site of learning, whereas the re...
Abstract: Most children between the ages of 5 and 16 only spend 18% of their waking hours in school (Bransford, 2006). Yet contemporary society sees school as almost the sole site of learning, whereas the re...
85 citations