Koen Van Eijck
Biographic Data
| ID | 149348 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Koen Van Eijck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Koen |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Eijck |
| SIGNATURE | VAN EIJCK K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1462-145X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 581 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
‘Music is the Healing Force of the Universe’; Exploring Aesthetic Attachments and Transformative Listening Practices among Spiritual Jazz Listeners
Sociological inquiry into matters of taste, following the dominant legacy of Bourdieu, has long prioritized the social construction of preferences over the aesthetic qualities of cultural objects – effectively neglecting peoples’ aesthetic experiences. Drawing on insights from the sociology of music, aesthetic theory and musicology, this article examines how listeners relate, or ‘attach themselves’ to aesthetic objects, specifically spiritual jaz…
In Sync
In this study we explore how types of audience engagement (the how) align with the music that is being performed at a concert (the what), with the aim of understanding how meaning is given to this alignment as an aspect of cultural taste. Doing this we add to a growing field of research that emphasizes the importance of the modes of consumption in cultural homology. Concerts provide a unique context for understanding this as they are social activ…
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out? A Typology of Psychedelic Microdosing as Technologies of the Self
Psychedelic microdosing, or taking small doses of psychedelic substances that do not induce intoxication or altered states but rather subtle outcomes such as increased focus, has quickly become a mass media phenomenon. Many claim microdosing has become the new secret to enhancement in work contexts. Drawing from literature on psychedelic microdosing, technologies of the self, self-identity and the sociology of work and leisure, this study underst…
The female nude and the naked guy
‘Wear Clogs and just Act Normal’
The last few decades have seen a surge in the consumption of locally produced popular music in the West. Domestic music – music made by national artists and sung in the national language – has gained increasing popularity, specifically within the lower to middle-class segments of the native population. This article uses the Dutch music genre levenslied to explore this growing trend. From a neo-Durkheimian perspective, we can assume the presence o…
Secretly Serious? Maintaining and Crossing Cultural Boundaries in the Karaoke Bar Through Ironic Consumption
When existing cultural boundaries seem to blur, people will look for alternative ways to express their identities. Recent research has shown that aesthetic dispositions (how one consumes culture) may be more significant than taste preferences (what is consumed). Sociologists therefore wonder whether distinction might be going underground. Elaborating on this issue, we examine the role of irony in cultural consumption through nine in-depth intervi…
Max Weber and Leisure
The chapter discusses Max Weber’s theories on leisure, how his ideas have affected contemporary leisure studies, and how his insights could inform future research. We focus on three aspects of Weber’s rich sociological legacy: (1) the Protestant Ethic and the absence of leisure, focusing on the relationship between religion and consumption, (2) bureaucracy and rationalization of leisure, discussing McDonaldization and re-enchantment, and (3) soci…
Social Inequality in Cultural Consumption Patterns
Culturele consumptie en de habitus - De rol van kennis en esthetische disposities
Cultural consumption and the habitus: The role of knowledge and aesthetic dispositions .The habitus is a crucial concept in Bourdieus theory of taste. In this article, we assess the relations between cultural taste or participation and two measured elements of habitus: aesthetic dispositions and domain-specific knowledge. To his end, we have analyzed a sample of 2,500 Flemings in 2003-2004. Active culture lovers attach more significance to the fo…
Culture of distinction or culture of openness? Using a social space approach to analyze the social structuring of lifestyles
The Impact of Religious Identity and Social Orientations on Visual Arts Appreciation
In this study, visual arts preferences are analysed in a manner that contributes to the field in two ways. First, we include characteristics of respondents that differentiate not so much vertically between those with highbrow versus lowbrow taste (as do, e.g. education and age), but between people with a more traditional versus a more modern taste. We therefore incorporate religious orientation plus six social orientations (utilitarian and expres…
The Intergenerational Reproduction of Cultural Capital
Empirical studies on cultural capital have never fully operationalized the concept using indicators of all three states distinguished by Bourdieu, i.e., institutionalized, embodied and objectified cultural capital. We provide such a threefold measurement for both respondents and their parents in our analysis of the intergenerational transmission of cultural capital. Respondents' schooling levels (institutionalized state) are affected by parental …
De intergenerationele reproductie van cultureel kapitaal in belichaamde, geïnstitutionaliseerde en geobjectiveerde vorm
The intergenerational reproduction of cultural capital in its embodied, institutionalized, and objectified states .According to Bourdieu, cultural capital manifests itself in three states: the institutionalized state, the embodied state, and the objectified state. Empirical research using the notion of cultural capital has never operationalized the concept fully, i.e., using indicators of all three states. We provide such a threefold measurement …
Leisure and Social Capital
The relation between leisure activities and social capital is examined in this paper. The focus is on two dimensions: the company in which the activities were performed (household members versus friends and acquaintances) and the nature of the activities (productive versus consumptive). Data are employed from a time-use survey conducted in the United Kingdom in 2000. Productive activities are positively related to the social capital indicators of…
Visual arts appreciation patterns
Presentation
Cultural omnivorousness as a combination of highbrow, pop, and folk elements
Status and media use in the Netherlands
Old Soldiers Never Die
In this article, two possible explanations for the disproportionate aging of volunteers are tested using the Dutch Time Budget Studies 1985-2000. The first explanation holds that increasing time pressure among, especially, couples aged between 25 and 55, keeps this group from participating. This could not be corroborated by the data, as voluntary work declined among all population segments observed, irrespective of their combined workload of paid…
Combining material and cultural consumption
No More Need for Snobbism
In the Netherlands, we are witnessing a process of cultural divergence between generations. While the older generations have extended their participation in traditional highbrow culture, the younger generations increasingly focus on popular culture. Using cross-sectional data covering the 1983–1999 period, four potential explanations for this trend were tested. It was found, firstly, that this divergence cannot be attributed to changes in the rel…
The changing impact of social background on lifestyle
Leisure, Lifestyle, and the New Middle Class
This article assesses differentiation in leisure patterns within the upper middle class based on job sector (i.e., civil servant, private sector employee, or self-employed). Combining three Dutch data sets covering the 1990–2000 period (n = 3415), significant job sector differences were found for 47 of the 98 leisure items studied. The results demonstrate that leisure participation is not structured by a single, externally legitimated hierarchy r…
Media repertoires of selective audiences
Social Differentiation in Musical Taste Patterns
In this article, we investigate patterns of musical taste using a large sample from the Dutch population. It is found that members from higher-status groups tend to be more omnivorous (that is, they like more different musical genres) than those from lower-status groups, which is in line with Petersons (1992; Peterson & Simkus 1992) hypothesis. The actual difference is, however, rather small and occurs only with regard to the number of genres tha…
Social Differentiation in Musical Taste Patterns
In this article, we investigate patterns of musical taste using a large sample from the Dutch population. It is found that members from higher-status groups tend to be more omnivorous (that is, they like more different musical genres) than those from lower-status groups, which is in line with Petersons (1992; Peterson & Simkus 1992) hypothesis. The actual difference is, however, rather small and occurs only with regard to the number of genres tha…
The Intergenerational Reproduction of Cultural Capital
Empirical studies on cultural capital have never fully operationalized the concept using indicators of all three states distinguished by Bourdieu, i.e., institutionalized, embodied and objectified cultural capital. We provide such a threefold measurement for both respondents and their parents in our analysis of the intergenerational transmission of cultural capital. Respondents' schooling levels (institutionalized state) are affected by parental …
No More Need for Snobbism
In the Netherlands, we are witnessing a process of cultural divergence between generations. While the older generations have extended their participation in traditional highbrow culture, the younger generations increasingly focus on popular culture. Using cross-sectional data covering the 1983–1999 period, four potential explanations for this trend were tested. It was found, firstly, that this divergence cannot be attributed to changes in the rel…
Socialization, education, and lifestyle
Culture of distinction or culture of openness? Using a social space approach to analyze the social structuring of lifestyles
Cultural omnivorousness as a combination of highbrow, pop, and folk elements
The impact of family background and educational attainment on cultural consumption
Richard A. Peterson and the culture of consumption
Visual arts appreciation patterns
Leisure and Social Capital
The relation between leisure activities and social capital is examined in this paper. The focus is on two dimensions: the company in which the activities were performed (household members versus friends and acquaintances) and the nature of the activities (productive versus consumptive). Data are employed from a time-use survey conducted in the United Kingdom in 2000. Productive activities are positively related to the social capital indicators of…
Status and media use in the Netherlands
Media repertoires of selective audiences
Secretly Serious? Maintaining and Crossing Cultural Boundaries in the Karaoke Bar Through Ironic Consumption
When existing cultural boundaries seem to blur, people will look for alternative ways to express their identities. Recent research has shown that aesthetic dispositions (how one consumes culture) may be more significant than taste preferences (what is consumed). Sociologists therefore wonder whether distinction might be going underground. Elaborating on this issue, we examine the role of irony in cultural consumption through nine in-depth intervi…
Combining material and cultural consumption
Presentation
The Effects of Family Structure on the Educational Attainment of Siblings in Hungary
In this article we examine the impact of family structure on educational attainment in Hungary. Using a data-set collected in 1983 with information on all siblings of 17146 primary respondents, the effects of family size, birth order, and spacing were investigated. Hypotheses on these effects were based on sibling resource-dilution theory, which was modified for the case of Hungary, where educational policy has weakened the effects of parents' ma…
Leisure, Lifestyle, and the New Middle Class
This article assesses differentiation in leisure patterns within the upper middle class based on job sector (i.e., civil servant, private sector employee, or self-employed). Combining three Dutch data sets covering the 1990–2000 period (n = 3415), significant job sector differences were found for 47 of the 98 leisure items studied. The results demonstrate that leisure participation is not structured by a single, externally legitimated hierarchy r…
Old Soldiers Never Die
In this article, two possible explanations for the disproportionate aging of volunteers are tested using the Dutch Time Budget Studies 1985-2000. The first explanation holds that increasing time pressure among, especially, couples aged between 25 and 55, keeps this group from participating. This could not be corroborated by the data, as voluntary work declined among all population segments observed, irrespective of their combined workload of paid…
The Impact of Religious Identity and Social Orientations on Visual Arts Appreciation
In this study, visual arts preferences are analysed in a manner that contributes to the field in two ways. First, we include characteristics of respondents that differentiate not so much vertically between those with highbrow versus lowbrow taste (as do, e.g. education and age), but between people with a more traditional versus a more modern taste. We therefore incorporate religious orientation plus six social orientations (utilitarian and expres…
The impact of experiential variables on patterns of museum attendance
In Sync
In this study we explore how types of audience engagement (the how) align with the music that is being performed at a concert (the what), with the aim of understanding how meaning is given to this alignment as an aspect of cultural taste. Doing this we add to a growing field of research that emphasizes the importance of the modes of consumption in cultural homology. Concerts provide a unique context for understanding this as they are social activ…
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out? A Typology of Psychedelic Microdosing as Technologies of the Self
Psychedelic microdosing, or taking small doses of psychedelic substances that do not induce intoxication or altered states but rather subtle outcomes such as increased focus, has quickly become a mass media phenomenon. Many claim microdosing has become the new secret to enhancement in work contexts. Drawing from literature on psychedelic microdosing, technologies of the self, self-identity and the sociology of work and leisure, this study underst…
The Effects of Family Structure on the Educational Attainment of Siblings in Hungary
In this article we examine the impact of family structure on educational attainment in Hungary. Using a data-set collected in 1983 with information on all siblings of 17146 primary respondents, the effects of family size, birth order, and spacing were investigated. Hypotheses on these effects were based on sibling resource-dilution theory, which was modified for the case of Hungary, where educational policy has weakened the effects of parents' ma…
The impact of experiential variables on patterns of museum attendance
The impact of family background and educational attainment on cultural consumption
Socialization, education, and lifestyle
Richard A. Peterson and the culture of consumption
Social Differentiation in Musical Taste Patterns
In this article, we investigate patterns of musical taste using a large sample from the Dutch population. It is found that members from higher-status groups tend to be more omnivorous (that is, they like more different musical genres) than those from lower-status groups, which is in line with Petersons (1992; Peterson & Simkus 1992) hypothesis. The actual difference is, however, rather small and occurs only with regard to the number of genres tha…
Media repertoires of selective audiences
The changing impact of social background on lifestyle
Leisure, Lifestyle, and the New Middle Class
This article assesses differentiation in leisure patterns within the upper middle class based on job sector (i.e., civil servant, private sector employee, or self-employed). Combining three Dutch data sets covering the 1990–2000 period (n = 3415), significant job sector differences were found for 47 of the 98 leisure items studied. The results demonstrate that leisure participation is not structured by a single, externally legitimated hierarchy r…
Combining material and cultural consumption
No More Need for Snobbism
In the Netherlands, we are witnessing a process of cultural divergence between generations. While the older generations have extended their participation in traditional highbrow culture, the younger generations increasingly focus on popular culture. Using cross-sectional data covering the 1983–1999 period, four potential explanations for this trend were tested. It was found, firstly, that this divergence cannot be attributed to changes in the rel…
Old Soldiers Never Die
In this article, two possible explanations for the disproportionate aging of volunteers are tested using the Dutch Time Budget Studies 1985-2000. The first explanation holds that increasing time pressure among, especially, couples aged between 25 and 55, keeps this group from participating. This could not be corroborated by the data, as voluntary work declined among all population segments observed, irrespective of their combined workload of paid…
Status and media use in the Netherlands
Presentation
Cultural omnivorousness as a combination of highbrow, pop, and folk elements
De intergenerationele reproductie van cultureel kapitaal in belichaamde, geïnstitutionaliseerde en geobjectiveerde vorm
The intergenerational reproduction of cultural capital in its embodied, institutionalized, and objectified states .According to Bourdieu, cultural capital manifests itself in three states: the institutionalized state, the embodied state, and the objectified state. Empirical research using the notion of cultural capital has never operationalized the concept fully, i.e., using indicators of all three states. We provide such a threefold measurement …
Leisure and Social Capital
The relation between leisure activities and social capital is examined in this paper. The focus is on two dimensions: the company in which the activities were performed (household members versus friends and acquaintances) and the nature of the activities (productive versus consumptive). Data are employed from a time-use survey conducted in the United Kingdom in 2000. Productive activities are positively related to the social capital indicators of…
Visual arts appreciation patterns
The Intergenerational Reproduction of Cultural Capital
Empirical studies on cultural capital have never fully operationalized the concept using indicators of all three states distinguished by Bourdieu, i.e., institutionalized, embodied and objectified cultural capital. We provide such a threefold measurement for both respondents and their parents in our analysis of the intergenerational transmission of cultural capital. Respondents' schooling levels (institutionalized state) are affected by parental …
Culture of distinction or culture of openness? Using a social space approach to analyze the social structuring of lifestyles
The Impact of Religious Identity and Social Orientations on Visual Arts Appreciation
In this study, visual arts preferences are analysed in a manner that contributes to the field in two ways. First, we include characteristics of respondents that differentiate not so much vertically between those with highbrow versus lowbrow taste (as do, e.g. education and age), but between people with a more traditional versus a more modern taste. We therefore incorporate religious orientation plus six social orientations (utilitarian and expres…
Culturele consumptie en de habitus - De rol van kennis en esthetische disposities
Cultural consumption and the habitus: The role of knowledge and aesthetic dispositions .The habitus is a crucial concept in Bourdieus theory of taste. In this article, we assess the relations between cultural taste or participation and two measured elements of habitus: aesthetic dispositions and domain-specific knowledge. To his end, we have analyzed a sample of 2,500 Flemings in 2003-2004. Active culture lovers attach more significance to the fo…
Social Inequality in Cultural Consumption Patterns
Max Weber and Leisure
The chapter discusses Max Weber’s theories on leisure, how his ideas have affected contemporary leisure studies, and how his insights could inform future research. We focus on three aspects of Weber’s rich sociological legacy: (1) the Protestant Ethic and the absence of leisure, focusing on the relationship between religion and consumption, (2) bureaucracy and rationalization of leisure, discussing McDonaldization and re-enchantment, and (3) soci…
Secretly Serious? Maintaining and Crossing Cultural Boundaries in the Karaoke Bar Through Ironic Consumption
When existing cultural boundaries seem to blur, people will look for alternative ways to express their identities. Recent research has shown that aesthetic dispositions (how one consumes culture) may be more significant than taste preferences (what is consumed). Sociologists therefore wonder whether distinction might be going underground. Elaborating on this issue, we examine the role of irony in cultural consumption through nine in-depth intervi…
Psychology (28 works) · Sociology (27 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (26 works) · Social science (19 works) · Social Psychology (18 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (16 works) · Art (13 works) · Political science (11 works) · Taste (11 works) · Aesthetics (10 works)