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On intergenerational differences in highbrow cultural participation. Is the Internet at home an explanatory factor in understanding lower highbrow participation among younger cohorts? Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
This article uses a series of cross-sectional data sets from 2001 to 2010 to study differences in highbrow cultural participation among subsequent generations in Belgium. Using an Age-Period-Cohort model, we first assess whether and to what degree highbrow cultural participation differs between birth cohorts, age groups, and periods. Second, we examine whether or not having Internet access at home is a contributing factor in understanding ...
Young peoples' sharing on cultural participation on social media: a fruitful venue for research on colliding online social and cultural capital? Ghent University
As amply demonstrated, social media play and important role in building and maintaining social capital. Moreover, they support flows of socially embedded and novel information within their networked structures, not in the least on taste performances, potentially supporting the grass roots acquisition of cultural capital. In this presentation, we however focus on the prerequisite of young peoplesU+2019 online sharing of attending cultural events, ...
The Influence of Social Background on Participation in Adult Education: Applying the Cultural Capital Framework Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In this article, we address the issue of participation in adult education building on the cultural capital framework. This theoretical framework suggests that (educational) practices are affected by one’s social background and, more precisely, by the cultural resources handed down in the family context. To examine the validity of this theoretical framework, we build on data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult ...
Is social, cultural and recreational participation a luxury for people living in poverty? An analysis of policy intentions and measures. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This article examines the importance of participating in social, cultural and recreational
activities for people living in poverty. It draws on some theoretical perspectives on this type of participation and examines how stimulating participation is being integrated and how ways
of thinking and talking about socio-cultural participation have evolved in the social policies in
Europe. Using the case of Belgium, we trace how ...
activities for people living in poverty. It draws on some theoretical perspectives on this type of participation and examines how stimulating participation is being integrated and how ways
of thinking and talking about socio-cultural participation have evolved in the social policies in
Europe. Using the case of Belgium, we trace how ...
The influence of social background on participation in adult education : applying the cultural capital framework Ghent University
ASSESSING CULTURAL PARTICIPATION IN LATER LIFE: THE IMPACT OF SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES, PHYSICAL HEALTH AND URBANISATION. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In this research a framework is proposed for analyzing the impact of socio-demographic variables, aspects of vulnerability and environmental thresholds on older people's cultural participation. To analyze this framework, data are used from the Belgian Aging Study (N = 46.989) with respondents aged sixty and over living in 100 municipalities in Flanders, Belgium. Binary logistic regression reveal that physical vulnerability is the most important ...
Whose education matters more? Mothers' and fathers' education and the cultural participation of adolescents Ghent University
This article examines the effects of parental educational levels on the art/heritage and pop/rock participation of adolescents. We use a subset of adolescents from the survey ‘Cultural Participation in Flanders 2003–2004’ (N = 1030) to test the relative effects of the educational levels of the mother and father. Using diagonal reference models, we find that the parent with the highest educational level – regardless of whether it is the father or ...