Expressions of Sacred Cultural Capital : A Spatial Temporal Exploration of Bengali Islam

  • Abdul Aziz Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University
Keywords: Bangladeshi, Bourdieu, British, Islam, Immigration, Habitus

Abstract


This short photo essay presents an aspect of work in progress. First hand observational notes and photo recordings were taken around the socially structured field habitus of the East London Borough of Tower Hamlets, it’s religious spheres of sacred cultural capital dispensation i.e. religious ritual ceremonies, social meetings and Mosques during 2012- 2015 and 2016 -19. The photo essay aimed to capture an important perspective in the adoption and reproduction of religiously coloured expressions of sacred cultural capital the significance and social order of faith and how this has shaped and marshalled the social actors in the space they occupy.

Published
15-Jun-2021
How to Cite
Aziz, A. (2021). Expressions of Sacred Cultural Capital : A Spatial Temporal Exploration of Bengali Islam. Re:Think - a Journal of Creative Ethnography, 3(1), 81-86. Retrieved from http://journals.ed.ac.uk/rethink/article/view/4155
Issue
Vol 3 No 1 (2021): Summer 2021
Section
Short Informal/Reflective Pieces
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