Social capital and cultural capital: from habitus to the social space of Ouro Preto´s city

Abstract

This research is an investigation into the nature of the demand for free cultural products and services by students of vocational technical education in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The issues addressed deal with the concept of cultural capital with reference to the studies of Pierre Bourdieu. The field research was carried out at the end of the second semester of 2018 and beginning of 2019 and involved a sample of 248 students. The study used as an exploratory tool a questionnaire with 38 closed questions and an open one where socioeconomic and educational information, musical preferences, perception about the cultural goods and services offered by the city and their satisfaction with them were collected, etc. The little expressive results for cultural capital are reinforced, for example, by the lack of reading habit of the interviewees (almost 50% had not read any book in the last three months prior to the interview).