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High Table Dining at Cambridge Colleges: Linking Ritual Performance and Institutional Maintenance

Tina Dacin, Queen’s University
Description
Semester:
- Winter 2010
Speakers:
Lecture Time:
Fri, March 12, 2010 @ 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Lecture Location:
Room K1310, Ross School of Business
Speaker Webpage(s):
http://business.queensu.ca/faculty_and_research/faculty_list/tdacin.php
Introduced By:
No introduction available.
Abstract
We examine the role of rituals in maintaining institutions. Through an in-depth, qualitative study of formal dining at Cambridge University, we explore how the performance of these rituals contributes to the maintenance of the British class system. We find that rituals are important for institutional maintenance because they have a powerful bearing on participants beyond the confines of the ritual itself. Our analysis also suggests that institutions are refracted through context and individual experience at a micro level, and indicates a more fragmented and less strategic conception of institutional maintenance than is portrayed in recent work.
Recording & Additional Notes
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Introducer: Kelly McMahon, School of Education