In response to a call for submissions for a theme issue of Studies in Art Education, I examine concepts of orientations, dispositions, and habitus, combining personal reflections with analysis of research literature to examine the history of one art educator and researcher. Significant influences included graduate school, the research discourse of the field, and social networks formed with peers and faculty. Sara Ahmed’s notion of orientations resonates with Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of dispositions and habitus; both have roots in phenomenology. However, while Ahmed examined racial and sexual orientations, Bourdieu applied his concepts to sociological analyses of artistic and cultural fields. In other research, I have adapted Bourdieu’s conceptual framework for historical analysis and interpretation of the field of art education. This reflexive history draws on concepts of orientations and dispositions to reflect on how the field structured one art educator’s habitus.

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在桌上：关于研究倾向的反思性论文

为了回应就艺术教育研究主题发表论文的呼吁，我研究了取向，性格和习性的概念，将个人思考与研究文献分析相结合，以研究一位艺术教育家和研究者的历史。重大影响包括研究生院，该领域的研究论述以及与同行和教职员工形成的社交网络。萨拉·艾哈迈德（Sara Ahmed）的取向概念与皮埃尔·布迪厄（Pierre Bourdieu）的性情和惯性概念相呼应。两者都起源于现象学。但是，在艾哈迈德研究种族和性取向时，布迪厄将其概念应用于艺术和文化领域的社会学分析。在其他研究中，我对布迪厄的概念框架进行了调整，以便对艺术教育领域进行历史分析和解释。