The scholar, the wealthy and the powerful: notes on academic culture in elite-focused fieldwork
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Authors
Bertron, C
Kolopp, Sarah
Publication Date
2017-02-17Journal Title
Journal of Education and Work
ISSN
1363-9080
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Volume
30
Issue
2
Type
Article
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Bertron, C., & Kolopp, S. (2017). The scholar, the wealthy and the powerful: notes on academic culture in elite-focused fieldwork. Journal of Education and Work, 30 (2) https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2017.1278907
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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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2017.1278907
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/299187
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