New Directions in the Study of Social Distinction

New Directions in the Study of Social Distinction

Date: Friday 10 Dec 2010 - 09:30

Place: Maison Française d'Oxford

Research programme: Nation and Globalization

09.30am - 12.30pm

Morning session

Introduction
Jean-Pascal Daloz

Vehicle of the Self: The social and cultural work of the H2 Hummer
Jeremy Schulz (Cornell University)

Social Fracturing and Discourses on Inequality
Anna Barford (University of Sheffield) 

Communal Aspects of Distinction: A neglected dimension
Jean-Pascal Daloz (CNRS/MFO)

Female Grassroots Activism as a Pathway to 'Notabilité' in Senegal
Emmanuelle Bouilly (University of Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne)

2.00pm - 4.00pm

Afternoon session

Blue Collar Placement and Logics of Distinction among Students of French 'Grandes Ecoles'
Marie du Boucher (MFO)

Because his 'Tongkrongan' Fits: Exploring signs of superiority in Indonesia's patronage society
Deasy Simandjuntak (University of Amsterdam)