Panofsky.
From: paul humphries (paulhumphries@access.inet.co.th)
Date: Mon May 24 2004 - 18:02:02 PDT
I really enjoyed reading the Panofsky article and was stimulated by the
idea of what might be achieved by including Bourdieu with our theories
and our research studies. I was left, however, with a couple of
questions:
1. I noticed that the studies considered seemed to deal with
habitus at the level of clothing and income. Wouldn’t this be a fairly
blunt instrument for most situations? I can quite easily envisage
classrooms in which all students fit into the same income bracket and
wear similar clothing and yet in which the teacher will favor certain
groups and individuals and react differently to them. I wonder if there
are any studies that use a more comprehensive concept of habitus, one
including aspects such as manner, posture, movement, and attitude. I
wonder if a more comprehensive habitus might be more revealing and might
draw out the tension between the habitus and the individual.
2. As a co-worker pointed out, if habitus is at the center of the
understanding of the
relationship between the teacher and the students, then what does that
all mean if
we consider an American teacher teaching English to a class of Japanese
students
in Tokyo. What role does habitus play in the second language classroom?
paul
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