Practice theory and research : exploring the dynamics of social life / edited by Gert Spaargaren, Don Weenink and Machiel Lamers.
"There has been an upsurge in scholarship concerned with theories of social practices in various fields including sociology, geography and management studies. This book provides a systematic introduction and overview of recent formulations of practice theory organised around three important the...
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Routledge,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Theoretical and Methodological Contributions to Practice Theories :
- 1. Introduction: Using Practice Theory to Research Social Life, / Gert Spaargaren, Machiel Lamers and Don Weenink
- 2. Practice Theory as Flat Ontology, / Theodore Schatzki
- 3. The Methodological Challenges of Practicising Praxeology, / Robert Schmidt
- 4. Emotional Agency Navigates a World of Practices, / Don Weenink and Gert Spaargaren
- Part II. Zooming in on Practices as Performances :
- 5. Handling Things at Home: A Practice-Based Approach to Divestment, / Andrew Glover
- 6. Praxeologizing Street Violence: An Attempt to Understand the Teleological and Normative-Affective Structure of Violent Situations, / Don Weenink
- 7. How to Make Sense of Suffering in Complex Care Practices?, / Frans Vosman, Jan den Bakker and Don Weenink
- 8. Grounding the Practice: Material Elements in the Constitution of Tennis Practices, / Hugo van de Poel and Sven Bakker
- Part III. Zooming Out On Practices as Embedded Entities :
- 9. Growing Urban Food as an Emerging Social Practice, / Karin Dobernig, Esther Veen and Peter Oosterveer
- 10. Connecting Practices: Conservation Tourism Partnerships in Kenya, / Machiel Lamers and René van der Duim
- 11. Forest Governance: Connecting Global to Local Practices, / Bas Arts, Daniela Kleinschmit and Helga Pülzl
- 12. Conclusion: The Relevance of Practice Theory for Researching Social Change, / Machiel Lamers, Gert Spaargaren and Don Weenink.