tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858693737519662562.post8550720340221880595..comments2010-11-17T18:58:02.449-08:00Comments on The Digital Scrapbook: Understanding Bourdieu (literally)Rachel Lainghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10785658762268484652noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858693737519662562.post-14132280983726101872010-01-27T14:09:48.583-08:002010-01-27T14:09:48.583-08:00You've pretty much got it! The key things for ...You've pretty much got it! The key things for me in this chapter are social and cultural capital - that's what someone working in the autonomous field "earns" which they can then trade in later for financial capital (i.e. build up a network, use that network to get your work noticed, earn a living from it), "illusio" - the rules of the game that are only important to the people playing the game (that ties in to the "canon" - you have to accept that certain people and certain practices are worthwhile to join in); the idea that we're the product of our environment - a person will be more likely to be a pianist or painter not because their parents are, but because the "idea" of playing the piano or painting is a natural one... (The same with access to museums - as you'll see in assignment 3, the "rules" that govern how we're supposed to behave in certain situations can put people off. That's why people may not visit a gallery that's free, not because they don't "like" art, but they don't feel like they belong. That's quite a powerful concept for interior design/exhibition design etc - thinking about the audience rather than the exhibit itself, the artist, or the person designing the whole show. Your DCA project last semester may have helped you see that?<br />And I think Bourdieu also explains the difference between art (autonomous, based around the artist's need to communicate) and design (heteronomous, based around someone else's need to communicate). I don't think design is the poorer relation because of that...<br />From an IED point of view, do you see yourself operating at one end of the pole or the other? Or would you use commercial work to pay for you to be able to do personal work?<br /><br />Clever guy, Bourdieu - worth sticking with (I wouldn't read the man's own writing, it's difficult to follow, but there are some good summaries of his ideas. Yes, you have to think hard and re-read stuff, but that's sort of the perverse pleasure of all this. Makes your head hurt, but you feel good afterwards. Almost like getting drunk in reverse...Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04982088638354238795noreply@blogger.com