Science capital”: A conceptual, methodological, and empirical argument for extending bourdieusian notions of capital beyond the arts

L Archer, E Dawson, J DeWitt… - … of research in science …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… We begin by setting out an argument as to why sociological measures of cultural capital (…
of science-related forms of cultural capital also includes items that seek to measure science

Science or liberal arts? Cultural capital and college major choice in China

A Hu, X Wu - The British Journal of Sociology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… ‘cultural capital light’. It is worth mentioning that some studies suggest that cultural capital
could benefit the learning of science… high-culture objects, known simply as cultural possessions …

Embarking on and persisting in scientific fields of study: Cultural capital, gender, and curriculum along the science pipeline

M Adamuti‐Trache, L Andres - International journal of science …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
… However, this study focuses on the transmission by parents of cultural capital and not
cultural capital itself (Robinson & Garner, Citation1985), which makes parental education …

The arts as cultural capital among elites: Bourdieu's theory reconsidered

F Ostrower - Poetics, 1998 - Elsevier
… By contrast, I argue that culture's importance for upper class cohesion, at least in the … in the
arts. In short, I argue that the link that cultural capital theory draws between the arts and class …

Cultural capital, cultural knowledge and ability

A Sullivan - Sociological Research Online, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
… which parents transmit cultural capital, and the forms of cultural capital which are rewarded
… an operationalisation of cultural knowledge, in terms of familiarity with the arts, science and …

Bourdieu's notion of cultural capital and its implications for the science curriculum

S Claussen, J Osborne - Science education, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
science education makes to a student's cultural capital: in particular, how that capital is acquired
in the science … how that cultural capital will be relevant to their future cultural, academic, …

Elite higher education admissions in the arts and sciences: Is cultural capital the key?

A Zimdars, A Sullivan, A Heath - Sociology, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
… the extent to which cultural capital helps to … cultural knowledge, rather than participation in
the beaux arts, is related to admissions decisions.This effect is particularly pronounced in arts

Rethinking cultural capital and community-based arts

R Khan - Journal of sociology, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
… However, the distinctly ‘aspirational’ orientation of these arts organisations means that their
… briefly at how cultural capital has been deployed within analyses of community-based arts. I …

Cultural capital and educational inequality: an assessment of the state of the art

MM Jæger - Handbook of Sociological Science, 2022 - elgaronline.com
… of cultural capital that are not clearly linked to theory. To illustrate one possible approach to
measuring cultural capital (as opposed to individual cultural … of different cultural activities (eg, …

Cultural capital and the extracurricular activities of girls and boys in the college attainment process

J Kaufman, J Gabler - Poetics, 2004 - Elsevier
… -on training in the arts appears to improve students’ odds of going to college by bolstering
their human capital but not their cultural capital. Direct exposure to the arts does not appear to …