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Practice-ing behaviour change: Applying social practice theory to pro-environmental behaviour change
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This article applied the insights of social practice theory to the study of proenvironmental behavior change through an ethnographic case study (nine months of participant observation and 38 semi-semi-experiments).Abstract:
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Tensions in Corporate Sustainability: Towards an Integrative Framework
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a systematic framework for the analysis of tensions in corporate sustainability, which is based on the emerging integrative view on corporate sustainability and stresses the need for a simultaneous integration of economic, environmental and social dimensions without, a priori, emphasising one over any other.
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What Is Energy For? Social Practice and Energy Demand:
Elizabeth Shove,Gordon Walker +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop an alternative approach, viewing energy supply and energy demand as part of the ongoing reproduction of bundles and complexes of social practice, and show how social-theoretical commitments influence the ways in which problems like those of reducing carbon emissions are framed and addressed.
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How theories of practice can inform transition to a decarbonised transport system
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the potential of theories of practice to inform the socio-technical transition required to adequately decarbonise the UK transport system and propose a system of practice approach to illuminate systemic change in transport.
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Taste Regimes and Market-Mediated Practice
Zeynep Arsel,Jonathan F. Bean +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop a practice-based framework of taste through qualitative and quantitative analysis of a popular home design blog, interviews with blog participants, and participant observation, and demonstrate how aesthetics is linked to practical knowledge and becomes materialized through everyday consumption.
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Encouraging sustainability in the workplace: a survey on the pro-environmental behaviour of university employees
TL;DR: In this article, two groups of factors were identified which could predict pro-environmental behaviour in the workplace: internal factors and external factors, and the model was tested among employees of a green university in the Netherlands.
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TL;DR: Identity in practice, modes of belonging, participation and non-participation, and learning communities: a guide to understanding identity in practice.
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TL;DR: In this article, a social critic of the judgement of taste is presented, and a "vulgar" critic of 'pure' criticiques is proposed to counter this critique.
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Outline of a Theory of Practice
TL;DR: Bourdieu as mentioned in this paper develops a theory of practice which is simultaneously a critique of the methods and postures of social science and a general account of how human action should be understood.