”Jag har fått en utbildning på sidan av studierna”
(2016) SOCK04 20181Department of Sociology
Sociology
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study is to examine students experiences and participation in Lund university
studentunions. The methodological approach in doing this has been by four interviews with förmän
at student unions that goes under the name nation. By using Bourdieus theories about class, habitus
and culture, analysis of how the students different backgrounds has shaped their carriers at nations
has been made. The participants of the study have been categorized into two concepts: classtravelers
and inheritors. Growing up in a environment where higher education was not a given life
choice made the class-traveler of the study to use the nation as a substitute for low cultural capital.
Meanwhile the inheritors of the study had a high... (More) - The purpose of this study is to examine students experiences and participation in Lund university
studentunions. The methodological approach in doing this has been by four interviews with förmän
at student unions that goes under the name nation. By using Bourdieus theories about class, habitus
and culture, analysis of how the students different backgrounds has shaped their carriers at nations
has been made. The participants of the study have been categorized into two concepts: classtravelers
and inheritors. Growing up in a environment where higher education was not a given life
choice made the class-traveler of the study to use the nation as a substitute for low cultural capital.
Meanwhile the inheritors of the study had a high cultural capital which gave them opportunities to
spend more time at the nations, and by doing this building more capital in the organisation. (Less)
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http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8938753
- author
- Frödin, David LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- En kvalitativ intervjustudie om studenters erfarenheter och engagemang vid Lunds universitets studentnationer
- course
- SOCK04 20181
- year
- 2016
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- nationer, student unions, students, class, sociology of education, inheritors, classtravelers, university
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8938753
- date added to LUP
- 2018-04-24 10:35:44
- date last changed
- 2018-04-24 10:35:44
@misc{8938753, abstract = {{The purpose of this study is to examine students experiences and participation in Lund university studentunions. The methodological approach in doing this has been by four interviews with förmän at student unions that goes under the name nation. By using Bourdieus theories about class, habitus and culture, analysis of how the students different backgrounds has shaped their carriers at nations has been made. The participants of the study have been categorized into two concepts: classtravelers and inheritors. Growing up in a environment where higher education was not a given life choice made the class-traveler of the study to use the nation as a substitute for low cultural capital. Meanwhile the inheritors of the study had a high cultural capital which gave them opportunities to spend more time at the nations, and by doing this building more capital in the organisation.}}, author = {{Frödin, David}}, language = {{swe}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{”Jag har fått en utbildning på sidan av studierna”}}, year = {{2016}}, }