Fascinating article and the discourse re rooms, function, and categories was especially interesting. My mind connected that to Alain de Botton's call for reforming school and university courses around other kinds of themes like loss, lust, love, death, etc.
The discussion about rooms also made me think how stuck we are on function. I cant get away from seeing function in rooms organized by senses -- a room where we smell, a room where we see, seem hardly different than a room where we cook, or a room that is used on a monday... all function and function appears to be everywhere.
Bordieu is fascinating, I recall phrased that was something like structured structures structuring structures... the discussion of the kinds of capital was a very nice refresher for those of us who have read it directly and a splending introduction to those who have not. Thank you for the excellent post.
Thank you for your comments (and sorry it's taken me so long to get here - what a week!) I've never read de Botton on university reform but you've definitely piqued my interest! Thanks for the support
Great piece! I remember studying Bordieu 25 years ago at university. I was drawn in then and now I could cite many examples of how this capital has played out. Fascinating.
Fascinating article and the discourse re rooms, function, and categories was especially interesting. My mind connected that to Alain de Botton's call for reforming school and university courses around other kinds of themes like loss, lust, love, death, etc.
The discussion about rooms also made me think how stuck we are on function. I cant get away from seeing function in rooms organized by senses -- a room where we smell, a room where we see, seem hardly different than a room where we cook, or a room that is used on a monday... all function and function appears to be everywhere.
Bordieu is fascinating, I recall phrased that was something like structured structures structuring structures... the discussion of the kinds of capital was a very nice refresher for those of us who have read it directly and a splending introduction to those who have not. Thank you for the excellent post.
Thank you for your comments (and sorry it's taken me so long to get here - what a week!) I've never read de Botton on university reform but you've definitely piqued my interest! Thanks for the support
I think he makes the case within the context of museums being reformed too.
No worries about the delay. Always happy to get a response, no matter how late. Life can get very busy.
Great piece! I remember studying Bordieu 25 years ago at university. I was drawn in then and now I could cite many examples of how this capital has played out. Fascinating.
Tell me about it - I was spoilt for choice for real world examples but I deleted them in the second draft as I was coming across too bitter 😂
I hadn't made that connection in my thinking but it's so true! Thanks for your support