Silva, Elizabeth, Wright, David and Warde, Alan (2009) Using mixed methods for analysing culture : The Cultural Capital and Social Exclusion project. In: Conference on Narrative, Numbers and Social Change, Manchester, England, Nov 2007. Published in: Cultural Sociology, Vol.3 (No.2). pp. 299-316. doi:10.1177/1749975509105536 ISSN 1749-9755.

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Abstract

This paper discusses the use of material generated in a mixed method investigation into cultural tastes and practices, conducted in Britain from 2003 to 2006, which employed a survey, focus groups and household interviews. The study analysed the patterning of cultural life across a number of fields, enhancing the empirical and methodological template provided by Bourdieu’s Distinction. Here we discuss criticisms of Bourdieu emerging from subsequent studies of class, culture and taste, outline the arguments related to the use of mixed methods and present illustrative results from the analysis of these different types of data. We discuss how the combination of quantitative and qualitative methods informed our analysis of cultural life in contemporary Britain. No single method was able to shed light on all aspects of our inquiry, lending support to the view that mixing methods is the most productive strategy for the investigation of complex social phenomena.

Item Type:	Conference Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Cuture -- Great Britain, Culture -- Research, Aesthetics -- Great Britain
Journal or Publication Title:	Cultural Sociology
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	1749-9755
Official Date:	July 2009
Dates:	Date Event July 2009 Published
Volume:	Vol.3
Number:	No.2
Page Range:	pp. 299-316
DOI:	10.1177/1749975509105536
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)
Grant number:	No R000239801 (ESRC)
Title of Event:	Conference on Narrative, Numbers and Social Change
Type of Event:	Conference
Location of Event:	Manchester, England
Date(s) of Event:	Nov 2007
Related URLs:	http://cus.sagepub.com/current.dtl

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