Responsibility, resilience and symbolic power

Responsibility Modelling for Resilience

We describe a method for modelling responsibilities, which we define as duties that are discharged by agents, using some resources in a particular context. Responsibilities can be used to analyse socio-technical issues and represent the softer aspects of work. The relationships between responsibilities, agents and resources are captured using graphical responsibility models. These models help t...

bourdieu and symbolic power

we need sociology theories, for that understand of sociology and politic problems. french sociologist pierre bourdieu's theory practice and symbolic power are our best resource; for understanding social and political fields. this article reviews the language and symbolic power; indicating its function in social and political fields. we need sociology theories, for that understand of sociol...

Symbolic resources and responsibility in transitions

Since youth transitions have been redefi ned as fl exible periods of change, it becomes diffi cult to conceptually distinguish them from any other transition period in people’s life. Transitions are here defi ned as involving three types of interdependent processes (social relocation, knowledge construction and meaning-making). From a cultural psychological perspective, youth transitions can be...

Symbolic Power without Symbolic Violence?

During recent decades social theory has struggled with the attempt to overcome both subjectivist and structuralist conceptions. In this effort, actors have been understood to construct social reality through their practices. Thus, social practices are socially constructed at the same time. Neither subjects nor objects existed prior to this work of construction; the nature of reality is therefor...

Symbolic Power in Cultural Contexts SYMBOLIC POWER IN CULTURAL CONTEXTS