Archer, L;
Moote, J;
Macleod, E;
(2020)
Lighting the fuse: Cultivating the masculine physics habitus – a case study of Victor aged 10-18.
In: Gonsalves, AJ and Danielsson, AT, (eds.)
Physics Education and Gender: Identity as an Analytic Lens for Research.
(pp. 29-51).
Springer: Cham, Switzerland.
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Abstract
This chapter presents a longitudinal case study analysis of Victor, a young man who was interviewed from the ages of 10–19, together with his mother, Sam, and who went on to study for a degree in astrophysics. We apply a Bourdieusian conceptual lens to the data, to explore how interactions of capital, habitus and field combine to possibilise Victor and his trajectory to being/becoming a physicist. We also identify specific alignments of his habitus and capital with dominant notions of masculinity and ‘cleverness’ that are demanded and normalised within physics and which, we argue, are key to the reproduction of the elite nature of physics.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Lighting the fuse: Cultivating the masculine physics habitus – a case study of Victor aged 10-18 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-3-030-41932-5 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-41933-2_3 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41933-2_3 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10096638 |
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