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Cultural Capital - Pierre Bourdieu

Pierre Bourdieu divided capital into three categories: economic, social, and cultural capital. Cultural capital exists in three forms - the embodied state, the objectified state, and the institutionalized state. The embodied state refers to internalized knowledge and dispositions cultivated over time. The objectified state consists of cultural goods like paintings or everyday objects that indicate social class. The institutionalized state is how society measures cultural capital through academic qualifications that can be converted to economic capital. Bourdieu created the concept of cultural capital to help explain differences in scholastic achievement between social classes.

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Cultural Capital - Pierre Bourdieu

Pierre Bourdieu divided capital into three categories: economic, social, and cultural capital. Cultural capital exists in three forms - the embodied state, the objectified state, and the institutionalized state. The embodied state refers to internalized knowledge and dispositions cultivated over time. The objectified state consists of cultural goods like paintings or everyday objects that indicate social class. The institutionalized state is how society measures cultural capital through academic qualifications that can be converted to economic capital. Bourdieu created the concept of cultural capital to help explain differences in scholastic achievement between social classes.

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According to Pierre Bourdieu

§ Dictionary definition of capital: wealth in the form of


money or other assets owned by a person or
organisation, or available for a purpose such as
starting a company or investing.
§ Pierre divided capital into 3 categories (economic,
social, cultural)
§ Why create a cultural section?
§ Needed a way to explain the scholastic achievement
of children originating from different social classes
by relating academic success.
§ It encompasses our knowledge that helps us navigate our life experiences
and make the most out of our opportunities
FORM 1: THE EMBODIED STATE
§ The internalization of certain “dispositions of the mind and body”- what an
individual knows and utilizes from within
§ Not bought or exchanged, rather cultivated within YOU over time

§ The knowledge within us as well as what we seek out and learn, eg. A
student studying or having a posh English accent
FORM 2: THE OBJECTIFIED STATE
§ Physical objects we use to indicate social class

§ Materially~>economic capital (assets) and by consumption~> embodied


cultural capital (skills and by appreciation)
§ Cultural objects- paintings, sculptures, jewellery

§ Every day objects- car, house, clothes, food


FORM 3: THE INSTITUTIONALISED STATE
§ How society measures cultural capital

§ “Objectification of cultural capital in the form of academic qualifications”


§ Imposing recognition and comparison~> “conversion rates between
cultural capital and economic capital”
All information from: https://tcd.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/pid-
2313440-dt-content-rid-14544484_1/xid-14544484_1
And lecture slides by Dr Yekaterina (Kat) Chzhen

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