Why we need social theory …now!
2018 has been a strange year. Actually, the world has become a particular strange place to me...
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Tag: bourdieu
Capturing habitus: theory, method and reflexivity
By Cristina Costa, Ciaran Burke and Mark Murphy This is the title of a recent paper by some of the...
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Using Bourdieu to analyse journalist-source relations
It’s easy to think of journalism as a product. The news is what we read, watch, or hear. A thing....
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Reconsidering the Technologies of Intellectual Inquiry
For some time now I have been intrigued by the fact that very few people have used Bourdieu’s...
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The Aspirations and Decisions of Young People from the South Wales Valleys
[This is a blog post based on a forthcoming presentation at the British Education Research...
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Theorists and their theories – who picks who?
It’s been a long time now since I have been thinking about this. So I thought that I might as well...
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Positionality and my PhD
In this post I delve into some of the questions I asked myself during my journey through the...
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Social class, place and the limits of habitus
[This post is part of a series – click here for the first blog] Mark and Christina’s presentation...
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Finding Bourdieu
As with many doctoral candidates (and faculty I might add) working in the intellectual space that...
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Inequalities, soft practices and access to Scottish higher education
By Joan Forbes and Elspeth McCartney Inequalities of access to higher education: The role of...
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What is this thing called ‘Social Theory’?
I am very grateful to the BERA SIG social theory, for putting on the “Theory as Method” day this...
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Let’s talk about British emigration for a change
‘Immigration, immigration, immigration’ – ok, a cheap shot at New Labour but not far off as an...
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