Pierre Bourdieu Culture

The author starts off with a rhetorical question: “What kind of problem is a library?” urging the readers to think about this question as they continue to read the article. The question grabs the readers’ attention, and intrigues them to read on to find and answer. She further utilizes this technique of rhetorical questions throughout the article for the same purpose of emphasis on the vitality of the role of public libraries. Moreover, Smith extensively employs the use of metaphors and personification. For example, she describes the internet as libraries’ “universal death knell”, which portrays the internet’s negative impact on the development of

In a city that 's rich in ethnic diversity, has deep ties to it’s past and its roots, that embraces a wide range of artistic practice, and is looking for ways to support and nurture young and emerging artists in the community, who better to speak you today than me - a past-middle-aged white guy from Vancouver who 's working in an art form which hasn 't fundamentally changed in the last 2500 years.

From doing this first assignment project, I learned how focused the French culture is on art and how involved it is in their everyday lives. Art can come in so many forms in the French culture, a few being paintings, sketches, sculpting, and making music. As well as this, I learned about Impressionism which is a form of art that specifically came from the French culture in the 1870s and the 1880s. This form of art was created by a group of Impressionists whom were all French. Lastly, I learned how the French culture is full of elegance and love, which is also displayed through their artwork as well.

There is a greater “lack of consideration for other people and have a rather superficial sense of family and community” (Massey 107). Street adults care much more about the code of the streets, therefore tend to lack the necessary emotional and physical stresses for supporting children, leaving a carefree and unsupportive environment for the kids. Despite the dissimilar morals, in separate means, each group has grasped and utilize the code of the street to ensure the quest of life they are

Social fear can contribute to the marginalisation of young people and impede their ability to interact in public spaces, and when youth tries to create spaces of their own, they get told to move on marginalising them further (Copeland 2008). The media plays into this by constructing youth as dangerous and disruptive, which in turn can create policies that seek to reduce risk by excluding youth from public places (Copeland 2008; Wilson Rose & Colvin 2010). However, public spaces are important for youth because it helps them feel safe, allows them to develop their identity, to feel a sense of belonging, and provides instructions on how to behave in society (Evens 2006; Wilson Rose & Colvin 2010; Copeland 2008). Additionally, Copeland (2008)

Being a teenager and apart of a generation where it seems as the unjust killings of minority youth has become a norm; It instills a burning passion in me to not only uplift my peers and youth through my art, but also express a bigger message. As I constantly look for ways to expand my craft, I also strive to encourage the youth, particularly in the Bronx, to become more aware and active. The late Maya Angelou said “I've learned that people will forget

The federal government played a role in establishing and maintaining residential segregation in metropolitan areas. For example, Rothstein states that after the New Deal and World War II, federally funded public housing was explicitly and racially segregated (5). The projects were designated for either whites or blacks, later becoming increasingly black. Neighborhoods that were historically segregated still continue today with the very same characteristics – racially and economically homogeneity. Children who grow up in and attend schools in these neighborhoods encounter what Sherman refers to as “youth disconnection”. In essence, youth disconnection is the lack of exposure to important influences that help with human development. Sherman takes into account statistics about disconnected youth which include being twice as likely to live in poverty, three times as likely to leave high school without a diploma, half as likely to obtain a bachelor’s degree, and etc (“How Disadvantages Caused by Residential Segregation End Up Costing Billions”). How can students thrive in environments that are historically segregated and disadvantaged? Access to a better education along with other influences beneficial to development should to be decided based upon the location in which a student

When teenagers are encouraged to do more for their community, they learn to sacrifice certain things to make their community

In the article “Why are libraries essential?¨” the author Kathy Dempsey lists that, “Libraries are spaces where people of all ages can practice lifelong learning”(Source 2). This means that libraries give people a place where they could learn and study. This matters because we need libraries to stay so that people have a wonderful place to study. In the article “Why we still need libraries” the author Froma Harrop stated that, “We still want to read, study and communicate in a non-distracting environment. And we still need what urbanologists call “third places” — that is, public spaces other than work and home.

In Distinction, Bourdieu (1984) defines ‘taste’ as a process where class distinctions are reproduced and reinforced. For him, tastes are formed as a consequence of an individual’s status in the social structure and subsequent habitus. This is evident whereby upper-middle class Maurina clarifies herself as “ …someone who enjoys and loves food and I like to think I have a refined sense of taste where I refuse to eat anything subpar ”. Clearly, food and eating patterns that are structured by class-related opportunities, are essential indications of ones class’s taste. Thus, for instance, one can reproduce the ideologies of class he has internalized without him being fully aware of his own choices of foods or restaurants, his behaviors, and his

One of the key statements of the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities emphasizes the major role of cultural institutions for human development for which tools should be created and developed by governmental social policies. Accumulation of cultural capital, as understood by Pierre Bourdieu, is one of the most effective ways to reach equality and individual inclusion in the society. To see people with disabilities as a homogeneous group can, however, be a mistake. In an “art and culture” perspective such concepts as “deaf culture”, which may be the single cultural landmark for many deaf people and people with difficulties of hearing, require deeper investigation of practices related to art and leisure of the deaf. Understanding

Pierre Bourdieu has constructed his theory on the concept of practice using the metaphor of a game. He states that practice is a mode of generational meta-theory of all forms of practices constituting the game (Bourdieu, 1977: 72). Individuals enter the game with predetermined interest and act in conformity to the rules of the game to achieve their desired goals. According to Bourdieu, the rules of the game are subject to changes based on different social conditions referred as “fields” (Bourdieu, 2000:183). Habitus, in turn, refers to the schematic concept through which practice is generated. Practices generate habitus and are shaped by the condition of life in a certain environment. Hence, specific

Pierre Bourdieu was an acclaimed French sociologist, anthropologist and philosopher, who is still noted today as being one of the most prominent and influential intellects in recent years. He is famous for his contributions to many subjects and areas, and much of his work is still considered today as being classics. His work is considered to be some of the most innovative and groundbreaking bodies of theory and research in contemporary social science. He is still prominent today for his many great contributions to the field of sociology, and though he has many revolutionary concepts, this essay will focus on three; Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus, capital and field, and a key sociological factor these concepts help to explain. These three

Pierre Bourdieu’s cultural reproduction has transformed as well as influenced the literature field, following Alice Sullivan’s statement on the successful results of Bourdieu 's theory: “Bourdieu 's theory of cultural reproduction has been highly influential, and has generated a great deal of literature, both theoretical and empirical” (144). According to Bourdieu’s theory, based on his book Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste, makes the declaration that higher levels of education will result in perceiving and comprehending the world around them much differently than a person with a much lower educational level. Bourdieu’s theory attributes this claim to the terms: cultural capital, cultural arbitrary and habitus, which are developed through education and rationalize how the higher social classes are made up of these different forms of capital. Also, this critical analysis of these different forms of capitals has been one of Bourdieu 's major contributions to the study of educational processes: “The concept of cultural capital is one of Pierre Bourdieu 's major contributions to the study and critical analysis of educational processes and the ways in which they are associated with socially unequal outcomes” (Moore 445). Given the success of Bourdieu’s theory in both literature and education, Bourdieu’s theory of cultural reproduction can be found in many genres of literature including the Latin American literature piece of Doña Bárbara. The novel presents

Pierre Bourdieu made many contributions to the field of anthropology over the course of his academic career. His contributions have shaped the anthropological landscape in the analysis of the maintence of societal structures. Bourdieu’s theoretical approaches of ‘practice theory’, ‘habitus’ and ‘cultural capital’ play a central role in his continuing influence in the field of anthropology.