The scholar, the wealthy and the powerful: notes on academic culture in elite-focused fieldwork

摘要: AbstractDrawing on our experiences of interviewing elites, this article suggests that methodological reflexivity yields insights into the construction symbolic and social hierarchies in contextualised interactions. The paper focuses ‘academic culture’ as locus through which power relations were experienced interview situations – more so than structures such age, gender, race class. We argue academic cultural resources do not always function valuable assets interviews with explore how different elite interviewees mobilise a wide-ranging repertoire to display status.