Capital and Social Capital
Dad Joke
- Who is in favour of bringing Roman numerals back into use?
- I for one!
Housekeeping
- Started leaving feedback - hopefully will finish today
- Who Dunnit game on Thursday!
Final Project
- Group project: network-based intervention (e.g., spreading an idea on campus)
- (Group?) research project: analysis of network data
- Project idea due in 2 weeks
Reading Questions
- What is a weak tie?
- What is the argument for why weak ties are better for finding information?
- What are strong ties better for?
- How does a network of strong ties look different from a network with weak ties?
Reading Questions
- What is capital?
- What is economic capital?
- What is cultural capital?
- What is social capital?
Reading Questions
- We can exchange forms of capital for goods, services, or for other kinds of capital.
- What’s an example of exchanging cultural capital for social capital and vice versa?
- What’s an example of exchanging social capital for economic capital and vice versa?
- What’s an example of exchanging economic capital for cultural capital and vice versa?
Criticism
- What aspects of the concept of capital and social capital ring true to you? What feels like it is missing from this theory?