Capital and Social Capital

Dad Joke

  • Who is in favour of bringing Roman numerals back into use?
  • I for one!

Housekeeping

  • 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

Reading Questions

  • What is capital?
  • What is economic capital?
  • What is cultural capital?
  • What is social capital?

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

  • 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?

Discussion Questions

Summary

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