scholarly journals Food Waste and Social Practices in Australian Households

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3377
Author(s):  
Emily Keegan ◽  
Jessica K. Breadsell
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Social Practice Theory ◽  
Food Diary ◽  
Food Practices ◽  
Australian Context ◽  
Sustainability Issue ◽  
Reported Data

Food waste is a critical sustainability issue, and the solutions, particularly in middle- to high-income countries, lie in shifting practices within households. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the research in an Australian context, provide insights from a social practice theory approach and understand the influence of growing your own food to waste production. The research is based on respondents completing a two-week food diary documenting food acquisition and disposal and then undertaking a survey on their food practices and attitudes to waste. This study finds that the preparation of meals and storage practices are critical towards the production of food waste. These practices can be shifted by focusing on upskilling and the introduction of new materiality or technologies. The acquisition of food is also a pivotal practice in which to intervene in order to reduce waste in other food practices in the household. Interventions, such as growing your own food, are recommended to shift food practices to reduce an output of waste to landfill. The research is limited by its reliance on self-reported data for food waste. However, the focus on social practices in food waste is novel in an Australian context.

scholarly journals Solar Home Systems in South Asia: Examining Adoption, Energy Consumption, and Social Practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7754
Author(s):  
Nathanael Ojong
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Practice Theory ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Symbolic Function ◽  
Solar Home System ◽  
Home Systems

Renewable electricity generation from solar energy has rapidly increased in South Asia. This paper presents a systematic review of 79 scholarly papers on the topic of solar home system adoption, energy consumption, and social practices in South Asia. Using an intersectionality lens, the paper demonstrates that various categories of difference, such as gender, age, class, and ethnicity, intersect and shape the adoption of this technology in South Asia. Utilizing a social practice theory lens, the paper shows that solar home systems shape the spatial and temporal arrangements and practices of members of households that have adopted the technology, as well as their counterparts who have not. This technology has a practical but also symbolic function; the symbolic function and social meaning are derived from the economic and socio-cultural contexts. As this renewable energy technology is embedded in economic and socio-cultural contexts, people reconfigure it in creative ways to meet their everyday energy needs. The paper identifies research gaps and suggests future research agendas.

scholarly journals Praktik Sosial dalam Arena Derma (Charity) Model Kopi Dindiang di Kota Padang

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-40
Author(s):  
Meri Sutra ◽  
Damsar Damsar ◽  
Azwar Azwar
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Social Practice Theory ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
West Sumatra

Charity activities are usually implemented in the form of giving and sharing to others for help reduce social problems. In Padang, West Sumatra there is a sharing movement known as Kopi Dindiang (KD). The purpose of this study was to describe social practices in the arena of sharing (charity) type Kopi Dindiang in the Padang city. This Study uses a qualitative approach to the type of descriptive and informants using purposive sampling techniques. In analysing this research the writer uses social practice theory from Pierre Felix Bourdieu which discuss several concepts namely habit, field and capital with the formula (habit x capital) + Field = social practice, and data collection techniques through interviews and observations. The results of this study indicate that the habit and capital owned by agents do not always determine the success of a field. The proof is that social practices in the field of type Kopi Dindiang have decreased in existence due to several constraints from donors and outlet owners. such as causes of inactivity of Kopi Dindiang outlets which also relates to the structure that has been determined, as 3 less active and 5 the causes of inactivity of Kopi Dindiang donors. While the authors found 7 of habit from donors and owners of Kopi Dindiang outlets.

scholarly journals Transformation Is ‘Experienced, Not Delivered’: Insights from Grounding the Discourse in Practice to Inform Policy and Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronlyn Duncan ◽  
Melissa Robson-Williams ◽  
Graeme Nicholas ◽  
James Turner ◽  
Rawiri Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Explanatory Model ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Interpretive Research ◽  
Social Practice Theory ◽  
Conceptual Base ◽  
Research Endeavor

Calls for transformation, transformative research, and transformational impact are increasingly heard from governments, industry, and universities to recast a course towards sustainability. This paper retraces a social, qualitative, and interpretive research endeavor to contribute to broadening the conceptual base of transformation. Drawing on perspectives of practitioners involved in working with communities to bring about change in how land and water are managed, the objective of the research was to elicit a range of practice-based encounters of transformation to inform policy and theory. In identifying precursors and processes for change, the findings bring into view the often unseen internal and experiential dimensions of transformation. As such, the research provides insights on where transformation takes place, what the first step of transformation might look like, and what might be deemed transformational. The paper also builds on social practice theory to produce an explanatory model of transformational capacity that is enabled and constrained by structures, processes, understanding, and authority that impact on social practices of knowledge generation (including science) and land and water decision-making.

scholarly journals Towards a General Theory of Markets: A Social Practice Theory Approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Martyn James Gosling
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Mobile Telephone ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Social Practice Theory ◽  
Academic Knowledge

<p>In recent years new conceptualisations of marketing have been founded in social practice theory. Markets and market boundaries, however, while debated, have not been re-theorised and definitions remain based in the neoclassical economics paradigm. Social practices theory provides a basis for defining markets and market boundaries by practices and their performances by market actors. This thesis advances the debate on a general theory of markets by theorising a new conceptual model of markets as social structures demarcated by nine specific categories of routinised practices described here as parameters. A qualitative study grounded within the social constructionist epistemology was conducted to explore the market practices model, particularly the categories of practices forming the parameters that define market boundaries. The New Zealand mobile telecommunications market provided an opportunity for a situational-specific exploration involving interviews with service providers, users, and regulators as actors performing in the market between 1990 and 2014, triangulated against 26-years of documentary evidence. The research enabled understanding of practices through the comparison of performances between progressive eras in the mobile telephone market in New Zealand. The findings supporting the market practice model not only advance new theory that extends our understanding of markets and market boundaries but also provide context for marketing academics. Furthermore, the model provides new perspectives for business strategy and policy development. The thesis concludes with a summary of contributions to the academic knowledge of markets and an overview of directions for future research and debate.</p>

scholarly journals Towards a General Theory of Markets: A Social Practice Theory Approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Martyn James Gosling
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Mobile Telephone ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Social Practice Theory ◽  
Academic Knowledge

<p>In recent years new conceptualisations of marketing have been founded in social practice theory. Markets and market boundaries, however, while debated, have not been re-theorised and definitions remain based in the neoclassical economics paradigm. Social practices theory provides a basis for defining markets and market boundaries by practices and their performances by market actors. This thesis advances the debate on a general theory of markets by theorising a new conceptual model of markets as social structures demarcated by nine specific categories of routinised practices described here as parameters. A qualitative study grounded within the social constructionist epistemology was conducted to explore the market practices model, particularly the categories of practices forming the parameters that define market boundaries. The New Zealand mobile telecommunications market provided an opportunity for a situational-specific exploration involving interviews with service providers, users, and regulators as actors performing in the market between 1990 and 2014, triangulated against 26-years of documentary evidence. The research enabled understanding of practices through the comparison of performances between progressive eras in the mobile telephone market in New Zealand. The findings supporting the market practice model not only advance new theory that extends our understanding of markets and market boundaries but also provide context for marketing academics. Furthermore, the model provides new perspectives for business strategy and policy development. The thesis concludes with a summary of contributions to the academic knowledge of markets and an overview of directions for future research and debate.</p>

scholarly journals Towards Agent-Based Models of Rumours in Organizations: A Social Practice Theory Approach

2020 ◽  
pp. 141-153
Author(s):  
Amir Ebrahimi Fard ◽  
Rijk Mercuur ◽  
Virginia Dignum ◽  
Catholijn M. Jonker ◽  
Bartel van de Walle
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Agent Based Models ◽  
Social Practice Theory ◽  
Agent Based

scholarly journals A ‘Proper Night Out’: A Practice Theory Exploration of Gendered Drinking

2022 ◽  
pp. 136078042110554
Author(s):  
Kath Hennell ◽  
Mark Limmer ◽  
Maria Piacentini
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Gender Performance ◽  
Doing Gender ◽  
Drinking Alcohol ◽  
Social Practice Theory ◽  
Practice Performance

Drawing on the three-element model of social practice theory and key conceptualisations relating to gender performance, this article reports on an empirical study of the intersecting practices of drinking alcohol and doing gender. We present data from a 14-month research project to explore the online and offline intoxicated drinking practices of 23 young people in England framed as a ‘proper night out’. The data were analysed with a focus on three elements (the ‘corporeal’, ‘alcohol’, and ‘caring’), and the findings demonstrate how young people collectively practice gender through their intoxicated drinking practices. This operationalisation of practice theory highlights the potential value that a practice theory lens has for exploring gendered social practices and broadening understandings of notions of acceptable and suitable practice performance.

Peraq Api Tradition n Lombok: A Bourdieu Perspective Review

Humaniora ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Nur Azizah Zuhriah ◽  
Warto Warto ◽  
Titis Srimuda Pitana
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
General View ◽  
Human History ◽  
Social Practice Theory ◽  
Descriptive Data ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
The World ◽  
Hermeneutic Approach

The research aimed to dismantle the meaning of peraq api in its social practices involving habitus and the field in Sasak cosmology. Pierre Bourdieu’s social practice theory was used as an analysis to uncover the meanings built in the tradition of the peraq api. The meaning of peraq api in its social practice was discussed using qualitative methods, interpretative descriptive data analysis techniques, and using a hermeneutic approach. The results of indicate that the tradition of peraq api is a manifestation of life that represents the creation of beings. This happens because the attitude and perspective of Sasak society about nature originated from the monotheism’s cosmology. This perspective gives rise to behavior to maintain the cosmological balance. Tawhid is a general view of reality, truth, the world, space and time, and human history, which is represented through the tradition of the peraq api. 

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