Papers by Hugo Ceron-Anaya
An Approach to the History of Golf: Business, Symbolic Capital, and Technologies of the Self
Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 2010
The connection between golf, businesspeople, and notions of class is common-place in the mass med... more The connection between golf, businesspeople, and notions of class is common-place in the mass media, but a topic not yet explored in the social sciences. This article seeks to historically and sociologically trace back the association between business and golf by looking at the history of this sport in three nations: Scotland, England, and the United States. I explore the creation of rules of etiquette, the introduction of the handicap, and the socioeconomic composition of golf clubs throughout the nineteenth and early-20th century. In theoretical terms, the article advances Pierre Bourdieu’s notion of symbolic capital and Michel Foucault’s idea of technologies of the self.
What’s Race Got to Do With It? Disrupting Whiteness in Cultural Capital Research
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
In this essay, we argue that Whiteness is intrinsic to Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital, ye... more In this essay, we argue that Whiteness is intrinsic to Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital, yet it remains unmarked within U.S.-based sociology of education research. As a result, these studies treat race as a tangential issue as opposed to a structure that is foundational to how society is organized and functions. We disrupt this unmarked relationship between Whiteness and cultural capital by (1) reviewing Bourdieu’s work on race, class, and cultural capital, and the application of these concepts in U.S.-based research; (2) examining the educational field as White institutional space and the concerning consequences of conflating cultural capital with Whiteness; (3) discussing the implications for a research framework embedded in a class-based master narrative; and (4) offering suggestions about how to disrupt Whiteness in cultural capital research, including emphasizing the racialized dimension of the habitus, taking an institutional approach and by taking a race-conscious appro...
Navegar la desigualdad Riqueza y desarrollo en América Latina, 2025
Este libro invita a ahondar en el estudio de la riqueza en América Latina, un campo de conocimien... more Este libro invita a ahondar en el estudio de la riqueza en América Latina, un campo de conocimiento aún incipiente en las agendas regionales y que resulta indispensable para ampliar el debate sobre las desigualdades sociales, el desarrollo sostenible y la justicia social. Esto resulta importante al reconocer que América Latina constituye la región más desigual del planeta, lo que se manifiesta en impactantes contrastes sociales. De norte a sur, coexisten territorios con grandes fuentes de riqueza natural, extrema concentración de capital, rentas y poder político con alarmantes niveles de vulnerabilidad socioecológica, contaminación, pobreza y margina-
Sociología del deporte, Dec 23, 2022
El presente artículo hace uso de material etnográfico y de entrevistas a profundidad para analiza... more El presente artículo hace uso de material etnográfico y de entrevistas a profundidad para analizar el exclusivo mundo del golf en México. El texto examina la manera en que las dinámicas de clase operan entre los estratos más altos en la sociedad mexicana, mostrando cómo es que el privilegio se articula en prácticas deportivas. De forma novedosa el estudio muestra cómo es que las inequidades sociales no sólo funcionan bajo patrones de distinción de clase en México. El artículo aborda la manera en que las percepciones racializadas también son utilizadas para generar distinciones jerárquicas. Para ello se hace uso de material empírico recabado entre caddies y en driving ranges (tiros de práctica). La incorporación del argumento sobre racialización ofrece un análisis más complejo de la manera en que los procesos de dominación y subordinación funcionan en México.
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2020
Noise is a well-known challenge in hydraulic systems and hydrostatic pumps are one of the largest... more Noise is a well-known challenge in hydraulic systems and hydrostatic pumps are one of the largest noise contributors in a hydraulic system. The existing noise reduction features, such as pressure relief groove and pre-compression filter volume, are more or less dependent on the working condition. It is essential to know the amount of free air when designing a quiet pump; however, it is not evident how much free air the oil contains. The free air content is different if the suction port is boost pressured or self-priming. The amount of free air in a well-designed system can be as low as 0.5% while in others up to 10%. This paper uses the three-transducer method to measure the amount of free air in the oil. The oil's compressibility can be measured for different working conditions and the free air content can then be calculated. The pre-study is performed with an extensive simulation model. Various noise reduction features' sensitivity to free air content is considered.
What’s Race Got to Do With It? Disrupting Whiteness in Cultural Capital Research
Sociology of race & ethnicity, Mar 28, 2023
In this essay, we argue that Whiteness is intrinsic to Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital, ye... more In this essay, we argue that Whiteness is intrinsic to Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital, yet it remains unmarked within U.S.-based sociology of education research. As a result, these studies treat race as a tangential issue as opposed to a structure that is foundational to how society is organized and functions. We disrupt this unmarked relationship between Whiteness and cultural capital by (1) reviewing Bourdieu’s work on race, class, and cultural capital, and the application of these concepts in U.S.-based research; (2) examining the educational field as White institutional space and the concerning consequences of conflating cultural capital with Whiteness; (3) discussing the implications for a research framework embedded in a class-based master narrative; and (4) offering suggestions about how to disrupt Whiteness in cultural capital research, including emphasizing the racialized dimension of the habitus, taking an institutional approach and by taking a race-conscious approach to knowledge production in sociology.
Sociología del deporte, Dec 23, 2022
El presente artículo hace uso de material etnográfico y de entrevistas a profundidad para analiza... more El presente artículo hace uso de material etnográfico y de entrevistas a profundidad para analizar el exclusivo mundo del golf en México. El texto examina la manera en que las dinámicas de clase operan entre los estratos más altos en la sociedad mexicana, mostrando cómo es que el privilegio se articula en prácticas deportivas. De forma novedosa el estudio muestra cómo es que las inequidades sociales no sólo funcionan bajo patrones de distinción de clase en México. El artículo aborda la manera en que las percepciones racializadas también son utilizadas para generar distinciones jerárquicas. Para ello se hace uso de material empírico recabado entre caddies y en driving ranges (tiros de práctica). La incorporación del argumento sobre racialización ofrece un análisis más complejo de la manera en que los procesos de dominación y subordinación funcionan en México.
Nueva Sociedad, 2023
A pesar de que el mestizaje ha sido un prisma para tratar de entender la realidad latinoamericana... more A pesar de que el mestizaje ha sido un prisma para tratar de entender la realidad latinoamericana, en América Latina la riqueza y la blancura están estrechamente vinculadas, tanto de forma simbólica como material. Varios trabajos cualitativos recientes sobre el estudio de elites permiten demostrar que tanto el fenotipo como un conjunto de hábitos asociados con la blancura son utilizados para demarcar ideas de pertenencia e identidad.
Sociológica – México. , 2022
RESUMEN
El presente texto reflexiona en torno a las ideas de mestizaje, blanquitud, racialización... more RESUMEN
El presente texto reflexiona en torno a las ideas de mestizaje, blanquitud, racialización y clase desarrollando dos argumentos íntimamente relacionados: primero, en oposición a la idea de que los mexicanos no le dan importancia a las categorías racializadas, aquí se demuestra la manera en la que sujetos y prácticas sociales son leídos mediante una jerarquía que sitúa a lo blanco y lo no-blanco en polos opuestos, y se otorga una serie de connotaciones positivas hacia el primero y negativas al último. Segundo, que la gran dificultad para entender el pensamiento racializado mexicano –y de cierta forma latinoamericano– reside en la manera en la que se entrelazan las nociones racializadas y las dinámicas de clase. Así, se propone un modelo de análisis en el cual la clase social y la racialización operan como una unidad. El material empírico para demostrar estos dos argumentos proviene de un trabajo etnográfico realizado en tres clubes de golf en la Ciudad de México, así como de 58 entrevistas llevadas a cabo entre miembros, trabajadores e instructores de los mismos.
Resumen El presente artículo analiza la relación entre golf y grupos de elites en México durante ... more Resumen El presente artículo analiza la relación entre golf y grupos de elites en México durante el siglo XX. Este juego brinda un espacio singular para estudiar las relaciones entre capital extranjero y elites mexicanas, las aspiraciones de los sectores económicamente privilegiados, así como el papel que juegan los códigos sociales en la creación de identidades sociales. Sobre este último punto, el presente texto utiliza la idea de habitus de Norbert Elias.
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 2015
The present article analyzes processes of social reproduction among uppermiddle-and upper-class i... more The present article analyzes processes of social reproduction among uppermiddle-and upper-class individuals in contemporary Mexico City, using affluent golf clubs as a case study. Drawing on ethnographic data, it shows how private golf clubs are invisible sites for the average city dweller, both metaphorically and literally. This characteristic fulfills a dual political role, by (1) preventing any questioning over the monopolization of resources and (2) reinforcing social distance. The analysis then examines the relationship between old golfers (natives) and new golfers (newcomers) and how the growing participation of newcomers illustrates an important transformation in the world of affluent private golf clubs. This change reflects the inherent struggle between preservation and transformation that characterizes any social universe. The results demonstrate that Bourdieu's concepts of field, capital, and habitus offer a flexible and powerful model to analyze affluent communities within the context of a developing nation.
An approach to the history of golf: Business, symbolic capital, and technologies of the self
The connection between golf, businesspeople, and notions of class is common-place in the mass med... more The connection between golf, businesspeople, and notions of class is common-place in the mass media, but a topic not yet explored in the social sciences. This article seeks to historically and sociologically trace back the association between business and golf by looking at the history of this sport in three nations: Scotland, England, and the United States. I explore the creation of rules of etiquette, the introduction of the handicap, and the socioeconomic composition of golf clubs throughout the nineteenth and early-20th century. In theoretical terms, the article advances Pierre Bourdieu’s notion of symbolic capital and Michel Foucault’s idea of technologies of the self.
Book Review: Migrant Crossings: Witnessing Human Trafficking in the U.S
Humanity & Society, 2020
Class, gender, and space: The case of affluent golf clubs in contemporary Mexico City
Ethnography
This article examines how class and gender hierarchies are reproduced through spatial dynamics am... more This article examines how class and gender hierarchies are reproduced through spatial dynamics among affluent golfers in contemporary Mexico City, using the concepts of collective visibility and invisibility. The analysis focuses on how class and gender principles make some sites and actions visible while reducing the perceptibility of other spaces and acts. To do so, the article addresses three questions: to what extent and in what ways are privileged social spaces, like golf clubs, exclusively organized by class principles? How do Mexican golfers understand the class and gender principles operating in golf clubs? And, how do multiple axes of differences inform space and spatial practices? The study is based on an ethnography of three up-scale golf clubs and 58 in-depth interviews with members of the golfing community, including club members, instructors, caddies, and golf journalists in Mexico City.
Golf, Networks and Business in Mexico
In this paper, I analyze why golf is linked to business and explore the relationship between clas... more In this paper, I analyze why golf is linked to business and explore the relationship between class structures and the golfing-business environment in Mexico. I am particularly interested in explaining the connection between this sport and class reproduction. This paper is divided into four parts. The first section explains the theoretical framework utilized in this research, namely Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of capital, habitus, and field. The second part provides a picture of golf in Mexico in order to show that the social meaning of golf in this ...
Golf, Networks and Business in Mexico
In this paper, I analyze why golf is linked to business and explore the relationship between clas... more In this paper, I analyze why golf is linked to business and explore the relationship between class structures and the golfing-business environment in Mexico. I am particularly interested in explaining the connection between this sport and class reproduction. This paper is divided into four parts. The first section explains the theoretical framework utilized in this research, namely Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of capital, habitus, and field. The second part provides a picture of golf in Mexico in order to show that the social meaning of golf in this ...
My article examines the relationship between space, class and gender using wealthy golf clubs in ... more My article examines the relationship between space, class and gender using wealthy golf clubs in contemporary Mexico City as a case study. I argue that these clubs are strategic sites where economic elites naturalize the arbitrary logic of their own privilege through the spatial reification of class and gender principles. The article is based on two main sources of information, a) an ethnography of three exclusive golf clubs; and b) 58 in-depth interviews conducted among golfers, caddies, and other people related to the world of golf. In theoretical terms, I argue that Bourdieu's concepts of doxa and habitus represent two notions that allow researchers to examine the multiple ways in which economic elites perpetuate dynamics of domination and subordination through space and spatial practices. This work fills a void in the literature of contemporary elites in Latin America as well as suggests a studying-up space-sensitive sociological perspective.
Not Everybody Is a Golfer: Bourdieu and Affluent Bodies in Mexico
The present article analyzes processes of social reproduction among uppermiddle- and upper-class ... more The present article analyzes processes of social reproduction among uppermiddle- and upper-class individuals in contemporary Mexico City, using affluent golf clubs as a case study. Drawing on ethnographic data, it shows how private golf clubs are invisible sites for the average city dweller, both
metaphorically and literally. This characteristic fulfills a dual political role, by (1) preventing any questioning over the monopolization of resources and (2) reinforcing social distance. The analysis then examines the relationship between old golfers (natives) and new golfers (newcomers)
and how the growing participation of newcomers illustrates an important transformation in the world of affluent private golf clubs. This change reflects the inherent struggle between preservation and transformation that characterizes any social universe. The results demonstrate that
Bourdieu’s concepts of field, capital, and habitus offer a flexible and powerful model to analyze affluent communities within the context of a developing nation.
The connection between golf, businesspeople, and notions of class is common-place in the mass med... more The connection between golf, businesspeople, and notions of class is common-place in the mass media, but a topic not yet explored in the social sciences. This paper seeks to historically and sociologically trace back the association between business and golf by looking at the history of this sport in three nations: Scotland, England, and the United States. I explore the creation of rules of etiquette, the introduction of the handicap, and the socioeconomic composition of golf clubs throughout the nineteenth and early-twentieth century. In theoretical terms, the article advances Pierre Bourdieu’s notion of symbolic capital and Michel Foucault’s idea of technologies of the self.
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Papers by Hugo Ceron-Anaya
El presente texto reflexiona en torno a las ideas de mestizaje, blanquitud, racialización y clase desarrollando dos argumentos íntimamente relacionados: primero, en oposición a la idea de que los mexicanos no le dan importancia a las categorías racializadas, aquí se demuestra la manera en la que sujetos y prácticas sociales son leídos mediante una jerarquía que sitúa a lo blanco y lo no-blanco en polos opuestos, y se otorga una serie de connotaciones positivas hacia el primero y negativas al último. Segundo, que la gran dificultad para entender el pensamiento racializado mexicano –y de cierta forma latinoamericano– reside en la manera en la que se entrelazan las nociones racializadas y las dinámicas de clase. Así, se propone un modelo de análisis en el cual la clase social y la racialización operan como una unidad. El material empírico para demostrar estos dos argumentos proviene de un trabajo etnográfico realizado en tres clubes de golf en la Ciudad de México, así como de 58 entrevistas llevadas a cabo entre miembros, trabajadores e instructores de los mismos.
metaphorically and literally. This characteristic fulfills a dual political role, by (1) preventing any questioning over the monopolization of resources and (2) reinforcing social distance. The analysis then examines the relationship between old golfers (natives) and new golfers (newcomers)
and how the growing participation of newcomers illustrates an important transformation in the world of affluent private golf clubs. This change reflects the inherent struggle between preservation and transformation that characterizes any social universe. The results demonstrate that
Bourdieu’s concepts of field, capital, and habitus offer a flexible and powerful model to analyze affluent communities within the context of a developing nation.