An Attempt of Measuring Art Taste of a Group of Music Students in Ankara

Abstract

Since its first publication in 1979, Bourdieu's prominent work called titled Distinction has been admired, imitated and discussed. By tracing the original study conducted by Bourdieu to measure the tastes and sticking to the later study in Britain which is more applicable and easier to operationalize, this study aims to question art tastes of baglama students regularly attending to an urban-based music school in Kizilay/Ankara. Most importantly, it is aimed to provide a meaningful and valid methodological formulation in Turkish context to observe art tastes of music receivers regarding their economic, social, and cultural capitals. Considering the reason that musical field plays a crucial role in the analysis of Bourdieu and it has a very distinctive characteristic in the survey design conducted in Britain, this study intended to contribute in many ways to the further studies in the fields of cultural consumption and taste studies based on musical preferences in Turkey.