Macro-, Micro- and Meso-Level Stations of Inequality Production¶

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Description¶

A three-level account, drawn from Lamont, Beljean and Clair (2014), of "three essential stations to understand the production of inequalities": macro-level material, symbolic and location-based inequality; micro-level intra-individual cognitive processes and inter-subjectively shared meaning structures; and meso-level cultural processes of identification and rationalization. The article aims to reflect the interaction between these levels by analyzing a school-based ethnography.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

Micro-level analysis should include inter-subjectively shared meaning structures, not only intra-individual cognitive processes, according to the account the article reports

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

Education researchers and practitioners examining social and cultural inequalities in school settings

Target Learning Objectives¶

Tracing how macro-level inequality is activated through micro-level meaning-making and meso-level cultural processes in schools

Claims¶

Cultural Processes Identification And Rationalization

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Göktürk, D. (2021). Epistemic Injustice and Cultural Processes in Education. Kastamonu Education Journal, 29(1), 218-227. https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.732138

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