Gimmicks and Habitus: An Analysis of Socio-Cultural Reproduction in the 2024 Indonesian Vice-Presidential Debate
Journal: Athena Journal of Social Culture and Society
Year: 2025

The 2024 Indonesian vice-presidential debate appears to feature more gimmicks than substantive discussions of the candidates’ visions and missions. This study aims to examine how the vice-presidential candidates reproduce socio-cultural values through their performances during the debate. Using Bourdieu’s theoretical framework of habitus (field, arena, and strategy), this research seeks to explore how the candidates construct the reproduction of socio-cultural values through their habitual pract