Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 10:46:28 +1100 (EST)
From: mildrenj-AT-deakin.edu.au (john mildren)
Subject: Re: An introduction


>Dear Alan, et al.
I too am reading the Logic of Practice. along with many other pieces of
Bourdieu's massive  output.  I am a primary (elementary) school principal
and a Ph.D student using Bourdieu to provide the theoretical basis for my
research into the beliefs of teachers as expressed in their spontaneous,
informal discussion about their work.  I have called this "corridor talk"
and beleive it plays an importan part in confirming or modifying teacher's
practices and is a place where beleifs are areticulated, albeit indirectly
and often unconsiously.  As such it relates clearly to Bourdieu's concept
of habitus.  I intend to argue that, because of the features of beliefs in
terms of how they are constructed, their durablitity and their impact on
practice, they are a critical element of habitus.  I plan to use "group
Memory Work" (Frigga HAug) as a way of collecting data because of the very
interactive and subjective nature of such a method
compliments Bourdieu's concerns about avoiding methodilogical dualisms
between object and subject.

I am intersted in the indivudual habitus of the teacher and the way it
operates in te "field" of the school 

John Mildren


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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