The scholar, the wealthy and the powerful: notes on academic culture in elite-focused fieldwork
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Bertron, C
Kolopp, S
Abstract
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Drawing on our experiences of interviewing elites, this article suggests that methodological reflexivity yields insights into the construction of symbolic and social hierarchies in contextualised interactions. The paper focuses on ‘academic culture’ as the locus through which power relations were experienced in interview situations–more so than structures such as age, gender, race and class. We argue that academic cultural resources do not always function as valuable assets in interviews with elites, and explore how different elite interviewees mobilise a wide-ranging cultural repertoire to display status.
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3902 Education Policy, Sociology and Philosophy, 3903 Education Systems, 39 Education
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Journal of Education and Work
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1363-9080
1469-9435
1469-9435
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30
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Informa UK Limited
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