Essays about: "symbolic capital"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 59 essays containing the words symbolic capital.

1. 11. Digital Diplomacy: A study of social media and the changing role of the diplomatic service

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Frida Theander; [2021]
   Keywords : Digital Diplomacy; Public Diplomacy; Symbolic Capital; Power relations; Diplomatic core; Cultural diplomacy; Field of Struggle; Field Theory; Pierre Bourdieu.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This study concerns digital diplomacy and the changing role of the diplomatic profession. By constructing a survey followed by descriptive in-depth interviews, this study demonstrates that Swedish diplomats have overall a positive view on social media’s role within the profession. READ MORE

3. 12. Pushing buttons: an ethnographic interview study on toxicity in online gaming cultures

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

   Author : Ruben Melin; [2021]
   Keywords : toxicity; online gaming; symbolic violence; cultural domination; masculinity;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to research toxicity through how it was understood, experienced, and described by game enthusiasts. The toxicity described is further explored through theories of cultural and symbolic domination and through feminist game studies and the lens of masculinity theory. READ MORE

4. 13. Materialising a Black Belt: A cultural analytical approach to clothing and capital in martial arts

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Rebecca van der Steen; [2021]
   Keywords : material culture; martial arts; capital; Bourdieu; affect; mana; social hierarchy; global-local identity; karate clothing; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses the material culture of karate clothing in Sweden, namely the karate belt(obi) and the karate uniform (gi). It employs ethnographic methods to observe how these objects reveal themselves in observation and interview in the karate practise hall (dojo), and uses a Bourdieuan framework to analyse the different types of capital which emerge; cultural, social and symbolic. READ MORE

5. 14. The creative spark : A qualitative analysis of students’ pathways to preparatory art schools using Bourdieusian concepts

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

   Author : Lisa Högkil; [2020]
   Keywords : Bourdieu; Symbolic capital; Art student trajectories; Illusio; Libido;

   Abstract : This qualitative study focuses on trajectories leading to preparatory art schools. It departs from in-depth interviews of considerable length with a small number (9) of students in preparatory art schools in Stockholm. READ MORE

6. 15. Feasibility of Self-Regulation on the Aesthetic Medical Field: A Research Based on the Practicing Medical Doctor’s Perspective

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Yuan-Hung Tseng; [2020]
   Keywords : Self-regulation; Aesthetic medicine; Professionalism; Habitus; Field; Cultural capital; Symbolic capital; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Aesthetic medicine is a unique medical arena with great economic benefits, but it is also full of controversy. Whether the doctors in the field could enjoy the same degree of autonomy as in the therapeutic medical field, and retain the self- regulating management of the medical profession, has always been the focus of debate. READ MORE