Symbolic violence

Conceptualizing Habitus and Aspiration
Posted in: Bourdieu, Habitus, Inequalities, Latest Posts, Self and Identity Tags: application, Egalitarian Habitus, habitus, learners' identities, Pierre Bourdieu, Symbolic violence, working-class aspirations

I use habitus to examine the constitution of learner identities in neoliberal times with a focus on the nexus of working-class aspirations, symbolic violence and constituting value. In his investigation
Editor’s choice: Putting working-class mothers in their place
Posted in: Editor's Choice, Inequalities Tags: bourdieu, Education, education research, mothers, Pierre Bourdieu, school, Social theory, Symbolic violence, women, working-class

Article: Mary O’Donoghue (2013): Putting working-class mothers in their place: social stratification, the field of education, and Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of practice. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 34:2, 190-207.
Using Bourdieu in my PhD on Parental Influence: Irene Kleanthous Writes
Posted in: Research Students Tags: Educational research, higher education, Irene Kleanthous, Logic of Practice, Parental influence, PhD, Pierre Bourdieu, student choices, Symbolic violence

[image (c) Le service photo du Conseil général du Val-de-Marne] In this post, Irene talks about her use of Pierre Bourdieu’s ideas in her successfully defended PhD – for more