ABSTRACT

In this paper I borrow from sociological scholars and theories in order to approach trust(ing) with Bourdieu's habitus. I demonstrate the use of a conceptual framework comprised of three sociological theories in the context of a subset of women in urbanising Türkiye who belong to, what I call, a gecekondu habitus. Throughout this paper I discuss the necessity of viewing interpersonal trust in the context of lived experiences, which enables us to see the nuanced ways trust might express itself in unexpected ways. Specifically, I suggest that utilising Bourdieu's habitus is one way to centre and situate context in trust research. By using Bourdieu's habitus along with theories of social reproduction and social capital I position my study on interpersonal trust in context, elucidate the gecekondu habitus, and with empirical examples illuminate nuances of trust and vulnerability noting its embeddedness in social networks. Ultimately in this paper I show how layering sociological theories as lenses highlights a nuanced view of trusting for women that expresses itself in two ways: (1) trust as choosing between vulnerabilities in difficult choices; and (2) the process of trusting (in assessing trustworthiness) functioning similarly to social capital a la Bourdieu and Coleman.

摘要

在本文中，我借鉴了社会学学者和理论，以布迪厄的惯习来探讨信任。我展示了在土耳其城市化进程中属于我所说的“gecekondu习惯”的女性子集的背景下，如何使用由三种社会学理论组成的概念框架。在本文中，我讨论了在生活经历的背景下看待人际信任的必要性，这使我们能够看到信任可能以意想不到的方式表达的微妙方式。具体来说，我建议利用布迪厄的习惯是在信任研究中集中和定位背景的一种方法。通过使用布迪厄的惯习以及社会再生产和社会资本理论，我将我的研究定位在情境中的人际信任，阐明了习性，并通过实证例子阐明了信任和脆弱性的细微差别，并指出其嵌入社交网络中。最后，在本文中，我展示了如何将社会学理论作为镜头来强调对女性信任的微妙观点，这种观点以两种方式表达：（1）信任是在困难选择中的脆弱性之间进行选择；(2) 信任过程（评估可信度）的功能类似于布迪厄和科尔曼的社会资本。