Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 12:37:31 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Alan C. Hudson" <ach1005-AT-hermes.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: An introduction


Dear All,
	Just to introduce myself, and my interest in Bourdieu, briefly.

I am a geographer-cum-sociologist-cum-economist, with research interests 
in the political economy of international finance and trade. My approach 
tends towards looking at institutions rather than building on the 
assumptions of mainstream economics.

My interest in Bourdieu developed from the idea that there are fruitful 
similarities between Bourdieu's notion of habitus and the geographer's 
conception of place and region, or Gidden's locale. The importance of 
practice is another common theme.

I'm particularly  interested in learning more about the idea of habitus 
and seeing how it might relate to vaguely geographical approaches. I'm not
playing at geographical disciplinary imperialism, I should add!

Erm, I've just started reading "The logic of practice" if anyone's 
interested in talking about that.

best wishes,
alan

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Alan C. Hudson,

Department of Geography,		and		Fitzwilliam College,
University of Cambridge,				Cambridge,
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United Kingdom.						United Kingdom.

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