Assignment 3_Bourdieu
Cultura y reproducción cultural
Objective: evidence the comprehension of the concepts broughts by Pierre Bourdieu and the capacity to reflect on them.
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1. Read the texts "The forms of capital" (1986) and "Los tres estados del capital cultural" (1970) by Pierre Bourdieu and answer the following questions in a 250 text:
A) Based on what you read in the text "The forms of capital", in which way do you think that the cultural capital is related with the other two states of the capital, (that is to say, with the economical and the social ones)?
B) Based on what you read in the text "Los tres estados del capital cultural", what do you think is the social function of education?
2. Read the following question and reflect on it to discuss it in class:
A) Do you think that your family has influenced in some way the cultural capital that you have nowadays?
EVALUATION CRITERIA
• Ability to relate the concepts of reading (3.0 points)
• Punctuality in the post (1.0 points) (You can make your posts until 3:00 pm on Monday)
• Reaction to two comments from classmates (1.0 point)
Thank you for your participation! And, please, don’t forget to bring markers, paint or colors to the class!
A) Based on what you read in the text "The forms of capital", in which way do you think that the cultural capital is related with the other two states of the capital, (that is to say, with the economical and the social ones)?
ReplyDelete- As it was mentioned in the text by the author, the main connection between all the three forms of capital is the common root and motivation they share in the monetary aspect. This is shown as an effect of capitalism and the ideology that every capital is based on an “effort” / ”profit” cycle.
Among the similarities and relationships between all the kinds of capital, we can clearly identify the need of time for the transmission of social and cultural Capital. In contrast, with the economical capital that can be easily transferred and owned, the social and cultural capital are closely related to the person/group that processes them, thus creating a blurred concept of ownership. Adding to that, we have that all capitals create and maintain habits and customs among the people that acquire them with the objective of having a systematic and long lasting effect on the human capital itself.
In summary, the three capitals are closely related for their motivations and the way they are materialized in the real world.
B) Based on what you read in the text "Los tres estados del capital cultural", what do you think is the social function of education?
- I believe that the social function of education is exploding the capitals to which people have access to, in order to help them to develop their capacities to the maximum. Following the ideas of Bourdieu, we need to understand that the capacities, abilities, competences, and qualifications of people are not simply given to them at birth, but they are also the result of hard work and a good management of the social, cultural, and economical capitals each person has.
- Juan Camilo Muñoz Rangel
I agree with you and even with the text indicating that there's a root that has linked these three forms of capital, the monetary aspect, as a result of capitalism. Nevertheless there are other links that might be studied from the very beginning of creation of the world and existence of the human being, links that allow you to understand behaviors that tend to to be oriented towards: survival, competence, conservation and human nature; these may or may not be translated in today's world as accumulation (capital) the central point is that in my opinion not only capitalism itself is blamed but the nature and origin of man.
DeleteThat's an interesting idea to disccuss, to what extent knowledge, skills and talents can have potential from birth? Is it only hard work, good management of forms of capitals each person has?
In that sense, it allow me to think, I've always believe that I am a very smart person thanks to my mother's genes, and, that I am very adaptable thanks to the genes of my father. In other words, genes for me are like the genetic capital that will come to allow me at birth start a race with predetermined capitals, so I would be a new born rich in forms of capitals.
-Juan Jose Rodriguez Mesa
I completely agree with you Camilo, what I understood from the text, it was that these three states of capital (cultural, social, economic) in a certain way are related to the search for money, and to the search for profit.
DeleteI completely disagree with your second point Camilo and I feel it misses the point of how Beaurdieu draws the relationship between cultural capital and economic capital. I think he states cultural capital is mostly influenced by the amount of economic capital the family of a child has (the richer the family, the more time and access they have to education of "high culture", that is music, art, language and critical thought) and thus it *is* decided at birth. Kids with more cultural capital -kids whose parents had more time and money to transmit it to them- are the ones with better scholastic achievements (institutionalized cultural capital), which will at the end translate to more economic and social capital. What this means is that the wheel of society only enforces the status quo of priviledge people having better opportunities that non-priviledged people. In the end, things (cultural, social and economic capital, and thus the ability to have more economic capital as you explained in the first point) *are* mostly decided at birth.
DeleteA) Based on what you read in the text "The forms of capital", in which way do you think that the cultural capital is related with the other two states of the capital, (that is to say, with the economical and the social ones)?
ReplyDeleteThe forms of cultural capital are related to the other two states of the capital (economical and the social ones) because in a certain way social capital involves networks, relations, reception and transmission of cultural knowledge, abilities and self being, i.e., all the forms of capital of the human being that may involve economical status that would place you in a social status at the same time. The culture you show or represent as part of you or vice versa, you as a representation of the culture capital you’ve grown in or acquired in the process of living, is indeed a representation of a massive and mixed forms of capital of the human being. The forms of capital are materialization of the cosmovision and individual or society may have.
B) Based on what you read in the text "Los tres estados del capital cultural", what do you think is the social function of education?
I think that the social function of education is linked to the cultural capital, i.e., we all human beings, belonging to a society with shared values and principles of education, we’ll always tend to receive education from institutionalized entities or we’ll grow our cultural capital from our being and environment. This capital is receptive and transmittable, making it both teachable and apprehensible; characteristics of any definition of education, culture and even capital.
-Juan Jose Rodriguez Mesa
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DeleteI agree with you a bit. I think that cultural capital for the most part is transmissible, so as teachers we must take into account the context of each of our students to be able to identify how great their cultural capital is and thus be able to help it grow.
DeleteI agree with the your opinion about the answer of the second question where you say that the social function of education is linked to the cultural capital and it is receptive and transmittable. I think it is teachable as you say and apprehensible.
DeleteA) Based on what you read in the text "The forms of capital", in which way do you
ReplyDeletethink that the cultural capital is related with the other two states of the capital,
(that is to say, with the economic and the social ones)?
According to what I understood from the text "The forms of capital", cultural capital, social and economic capital are related because at the end of the day no matter the differences they have, they can be convertible in economic capital.
They also share similarities, For instance, they may be institutionalized, but in different ways. The economic capital may be institutionalized in the form of property rights; the social capital in the form of educational qualifications; the cultural capital may be institutionalized in the form of a title of nobility.
B) Based on what you read in the text "Los tres estados del capital cultural", what
do you think is the social function of education?
In my opinion, the social function of education is to break the disparities that exist between the students a cause of his different contexts, his different capitals. To get this, the teacher has to be aware of the differences that exist in a classroom, he has to consider that his classroom is not homogeneous. This will help the teacher to understand why some pupils use such different terms, why they express themselves so distinct.
- Luisa María Villegas
I completely agree on the comments you've made about both questions.
DeleteFirst, you clearly understood the similarities proposed by the text for the different forms of capital in the way they are monetarily converted or how they end up institutionalized. (Always part of the economic capital). And according to the reading and how you relate the social function of education you have a great point by saying is necessary to break disparities.
Well discuss in class deeper this topic since I actually liked the way you addressed your comment.
-Juan Jose Rodriguez Mesa
DeleteA) Based on what you read in the text "The forms of capital", in which way do you
ReplyDeletethink that the cultural capital is related with the other two states of the capital,
(that is to say, with the economic and the social ones)?
Through cultural capital, the subject is validated and begins to acquire a social status (via the Institutional incorporation of the human being). From this incorporation, the subject starts to relate in a multifaceted way in social spaces with other people. In turn, the human being looks for building and developing ways of impacting such collective social life, one of them being the economic interest.
B) Based on what you read in the text "Los tres estados del capital cultural", what
do you think is the social function of education?
The social function of education relies on taking into account and understanding the capital differences of each student; thus, teachers need to guarantee and invest in the students' time and needs, recognizing, at the same time, each member of the class as such.
But then, which is the social function of education?
DeleteA) Based on what you read in the text "The forms of capital", in which way do you think that the cultural capital is related with the other two states of the capital, (that is to say, with the economical and the social ones)?
ReplyDeleteThe relation in which the cultural capital is linked between the other two form of capitals, (economical and social) is quite similar. The three of them are primarily transmitted by the subject, and it's also hereditary but not in a biological way. It therefore applies in the conception that if you have a big amount of capital, you can gain and obtain more capital, not only in a specific one, but in the others. It means that if you have a big capital in a cultural aspect, this can lead you the means to acquire more social and economical capitals. However, not all the three way of capital can be transferred and transmitted as easy as the economical. The latter is because of the simple way of materialization in reality, and also by the rules imposed in a capitalist society, whereas the others need to have institutionalized centers as schools, theaters, libraries.
B) Based on what you read in the text "Los tres estados del capital cultural", what do you think is the social function of education?
After pondering about the question, and trying to hook up what Bourdieu exposes with the previews authors that has been read, I think the social function of the education is to try to supply the subject with all the intellectual, cultural and economical necessities it produces with its existence, thus giving freedom to the subject and increasing the possibilities of getting its goals and realizations as a being. And this is because, if a subject can receive and be exposed to the social capital, a good education can provide, it might be aware of the reality he or she lives and also one step closer of understand and change that reality it owns.
I agree with the your opinion about the answer of the second question where you say that the social function of education tries to supply the subject with its necessities in order to develop these ones to get its goals as a human being.
DeleteAs the text lets us know, the three forms of capitals, cultural, economical and social, are related between them in a visible way. And those relations that are shared exist because of the matter of making an effort to get a goal in the future, a profit. There are also others connection as how having a big amount of one capital can open the gates and give access the others. This is because there are many networks and connections that can be found inside them. As the mutual interchange subjects have between each other. Also this depending of how profound and reiterative this relations are, because at the end they last creating a bunch of necessities, knowledge, experiences, habilites, objects, goals, etc, that are belonged by the amount of people inside the capital circule.
ReplyDeleteI still consider that the social function of the education is to give freedom and with it: ethics, morals, values and intelligent, to the subject. Because after doing so, the subject can be in and absorbs a cultural capital that will let him understand the environment he inhabits. But this would not be possible if there is not a cultural capital institutionalized where the principals basis of education can be provided to the community. Letting know that if there is not a place where a society can administrate its knowledge, values, culture, and so on, as a school, the people that is part of that society would be attached to not be free but to live in a authoritarian society
José Ávila
A) Based on what you read in the text "The forms of capital", in which way do you think that the cultural capital is related with the other two states of the capital, (that is to say, with the economical and the social ones)?
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, the cultural capital is related to the other two capital because this capital is convertible either in economic capital or social capital. As the author of the text mentioned, “as cultural capital, which is convertible, in certain conditions, into economic capital and may be institutionalized in the form of educational qualifications”. For this reason, the three capital are related and their object is to systematize (human capital), even when social capital is more related to obligation and can be convertible under some conditions and economical capital is convertible into money or properties.
B) Based on what you read in the text "Los tres estados del capital cultural", what do you think is the social function of education?
In my opinion, the social function of education is to connect this function depending on the needs of the subject implied in the education, since without the social function, it would not be possible to allow the subject to belong and grow in the society with its goals, its morals, its necessities, etc. This is really important because the social function allows the subject to develop its capacities and it can benefit from the social field where the subject will develop.
A) Based on what you read in the text "The forms of capital", in which way do you think that the cultural capital is related with the other two states of the capital, (that is to say, with the economical and the social ones)?
ReplyDeleteFor me, cultural capital is related to the others in the way that all of them are transmissible with some risks and different difficulties to be transmitted, it can be a kind of inheritance of our family in terms of the investment of time or money they invest on us. But at the end, one leads us to others, because the more we have cultural capital, the more we can get the economical and social capital.
B) Based on what you read in the text "Los tres estados del capital cultural", what do you think is the social function of education?
I think that education must look for a change of the hegemonic structures, without forgetting that all the students doesn’t have the same conditions, the same facilities and the importance of management. The management of resources, economic and human, because if we increase the investment of money and time in our children, the results will be considerable.
Jhan Quintero.
A) Based on what you read in the text "The forms of capital", in which way do you think that the cultural capital is related with the other two states of the capital, (that is to say, with the economical and the social ones)?
ReplyDeleteI'd say the 3 forms of capital are related in how useful they are in the end to economic capital and how it increases social and cultural capital. Beaurdieu explains cultural capital is essential to a student's formation, the difference between two individuals' cultural capital being the real reason of their scholastic achievements, not a matter of talent. Better results in school will eventually lead to objectified and institutionalized forms of cultural capital, which will be eventually useful in how they are exchanged into economic capital. Social capital on the other hand, through relations with a group, other groups and other individuals, increases cultural capital and the possibilities of increasing economic capital. Finally, economic capital is necessary to both have the other 2 forms, whilst also having a direct relationship to how they increase each other.
B) Based on what you read in the text "Los tres estados del capital cultural", what do you think is the social function of education?
I think Beardieu implies the purpose of education is to increase social capital and institutionalize cultural capital, which achieving both things will in turn increase economic capital, not only in individuals but in society as a whole. I personally believe the social function of education is -in theory- to form thinking individuals who can function in a democratic society and fulfill whichever role they decide. However, I believe it's social function in practice is to maintain the status quo of an unequal society permeated by a relationship of opression between social groups, even though education people should make them able to see through such a society.
A) From my point of view, the three forms of capital, with certain restrictions, have some characteristics in common. The first one, as stated by the author, is the time required for its acquisition, since owning capital and measuring its value, whether material or significant, is directly related to the time invested in it. The second characteristic is the hereditary aspect that each form of capital possesses, because capital is based on the idea of networks and interrelationships that connect goods with their investors/beneficiaries and, since capital does not disappear, it is transmitted through generations. In third place, it is possible to situate the value added to the holders of capital, in any of its forms, as a privilege; the status of the person with a capital varies, either for better or for worse, and it is there where the social structure is generated. Finally, all forms of capital can be measured in terms of profits which, in some form, are converted into monetary resources, so that capital revolves around the economy of society.
ReplyDeleteB) The social function of education is aimed at de-economizing or de-monetizing school success, measured according to the economic benefits it "unleashes" and attributing to it the value of cultural capital, in its most humanized sense. That is to say, to detach education from the monetary benefit it provides to society, and instead, to link it to the intellectual values of immaterial cultural capital.
Daniela Pedroza.