Evans, S. and Whiting, Rebecca (2024) Everyday constructions of class-based inequality: field effects in UK museum work. Sociology , ISSN 0038-0385.
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Abstract
This paper contributes to our understanding of how occupational contexts shape everyday constructions of class-based inequality. Using Bourdieu’s concept of field, and UK museum work as a case, we analyse interview, focus group and secondary data. We show how those with a stake in museum work construct three versions of class-based inequality a) between individuals b) between positions and c) between institution and worker. The museum field provides a familiar space which can aid ‘recognition’ of inequality between individuals. Conversely the field generates a logic - here, keeping collections special - which can legitimate structural inequality between positions. It also facilitates a game-playing dynamic which leads to a ‘pragmatic acceptance’ and reinforcement of inequality between institution and worker. Visibility of class-based inequality is shaped by misdirection rather than misrecognition, as well as one’s position in the hierarchy.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Bourdieu, class, class-based inequality, field, museums |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School |
| Depositing User: | Rebecca Whiting |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Sep 2024 15:26 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2024 08:18 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/54235 |
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