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Practice theory as a package of theory, method and vocabulary : affordances and limitations
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Nicolini, Davide (2017) Practice theory as a package of theory, method and vocabulary : affordances and limitations. In: Jonas, Micheal and Littig, Beate and Wroblewski, Angela, (eds.) Methodological Reflections on Practice Oriented Theories. Berlin: Springer International Publishing, pp. 19-34. ISBN 9783319528953
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52897-7_2
Abstract
In this article, I argue that practice theory should be mainly conceived as a theoretical orientation towards the study of the social where the methodological element remains central. Practice theory, therefore, should be conceived as the pragmatic effort to re-specify the study and re-presentation of social phenomena in terms of networks, assemblages and textures of mediated practices. In arguing for the value of practice theory as an inseparable package of theory, method and vocabulary, I articulate four strategies that can be used to conduct practice-based studies. These are the analysis of the concerted accomplishment of orderly scenes of action; the examination of how scenes of action have been historical constituted; the study of the development and disappearance of individual practices; and the inquiry into the co-evolution, conflict and interference of two or more practices. I argue that these strategies, which build on the different traditions, which fall under the umbrella term of practice-based approaches, provide different affordances and allow practice theory to present a view of the social that is richer, thicker and more convincing than that of competing paradigms. I conclude by noting that several open issues still stand in the way of the development of practice theory as a package of theory, method and vocabulary. These should constitute the tropic of future research and debate.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Social sciences -- Methodology, Sociology | ||||
Publisher: | Springer International Publishing | ||||
Place of Publication: | Berlin | ||||
ISBN: | 9783319528953 | ||||
Book Title: | Methodological Reflections on Practice Oriented Theories | ||||
Editor: | Jonas, Micheal and Littig, Beate and Wroblewski, Angela | ||||
Official Date: | 17 February 2017 | ||||
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Page Range: | pp. 19-34 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 15 April 2019 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 17 April 2019 | ||||
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