COMM 3308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Capital, Cultural Capital, The Dawning
14 Dec 2015
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Fir trading in canada: significant historical moment, where we first saw consumer society, culture in north america, colonial forces taking land, resources, concurring people, found. What we see is the birth aboriginal communities and they would buy pelts and skins: bought cloth, jewellery, tools. What is capitalism: profit organized, individuals own firms/properties, private ownership, people who own benefit more than working people, marx. Most of us aren"t capitalists we work for wages. Owning a business or working for wages: social, cultural. Ex - social capital getting into law school, knowing someone for reference. Networks can be people social relationships. Build it up through time or sometimes just born with it. Speaking more than one language, travelling, playing an instrument. Going to post-secondary, you have more cultural capital than someone who didn"t. Coming from rural communities different skills than someone who lives in the city, different experience.
