Understanding and Activating the Role of Market Actors in the Process of Mini-PV Installation in Seoul: Based on Practice Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Jihun Ha ◽  
Eunyoung Hwangbo ◽  
Juyoung Ahn ◽  
Sun-Jin Yun
Keyword(s):  
Practice Theory

A Typology of International Judicial Practices

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey L Dunoff ◽  
Mark A Pollack
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
International Courts ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Judicial Opinions

This chapter discusses the inner working of ICs, such as the drafting of judicial opinions; practices concerning separate opinions; the role of language and translation; and the roles of third parties. It also presents a preliminary effort to identify and examine the everyday practices of international judges. In undertaking this task, the authors draw selectively upon a large literature on ‘practice theory’ that has only rarely been applied to international law in general or to international courts in particular. A typology and synoptic overview of practices is presented.

scholarly journals Ambidexterity as Practice: Individual Ambidexterity Through Paradoxical Practices

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angeliki Papachroni ◽  
Loizos Heracleous
Keyword(s):  
Organization Theory ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Greek Philosophy ◽  
Exploration And Exploitation ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Competing Demands ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Previous Learning

Following the turn to practice in organization theory and the emerging interest in the microfoundations of ambidexterity, understanding the role of individuals in realizing ambidexterity approaches becomes crucial. Drawing insights from Greek philosophy on paradoxes, and practice theory on paradoxes and ambidexterity, we propose a view of individual ambidexterity grounded in paradoxical practices. Existing conceptualizations of ambidexterity are largely based on separation strategies. Contrary to this perspective, we argue that individual ambidexterity can be accomplished via paradoxical practices that renegotiate or transcend boundaries of exploration and exploitation. We identify three such paradoxical practices at the individual level that can advance understanding of ambidexterity: engaging in “hybrid tasks,” capitalizing cumulatively on previous learning, and adopting a mindset of seeking synergies between the competing demands of exploration and exploitation.

scholarly journals Institutional rhythms: Combining practice theory and rhythmanalysis to conceptualise processes of institutionalisation

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 922-950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley Blue
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Practice Turn ◽  
Theories Of Practice ◽  
Temporal Organisation

The practice turn in social theory has renewed interest in conceptualising the temporal organisation of social life as a way of explaining contemporary patterns of living and consuming. As a result, the interest to develop analyses of time in both practice theories and practice theory-based empirical research is increasing. Practice theorists draw on theories of time and ideas about temporal rhythms to explain how practices are organised in everyday life. To date, they have studied how temporal experiences matter for the coordination of daily life, how temporal landscapes matter for issues of societal synchronisation, and how timespace/s matter for the organisation of human activity. While several studies refer to, draw on, and position themselves in relation to ideas about temporal rhythms, those working with theories of practice have yet to fully utilise the potential of Lefebvre’s rhythmanalysis for explaining the constitution of, and more specifically, changes within, social life. I argue that rhythmanalysis can be effectively combined with practice theory to better articulate the ways in which practices become connected through what I describe as processes of institutionalisation. I argue that this combination requires repositioning the role of time in theories of practice as neither experience, nor as landscape, but, building on Schatzki’s work on The Timespace of Human Activity, as practice itself. Drawing on Lefebvre’s concepts of arrhythmia and eurhythmia, and developing Parkes and Thrift’s notion of entrainment, I illustrate how institutional rhythms, as self-organising, open, spatiotemporal practices emerge, endure, and evolve in ways that matter for both socio-temporal landscapes and temporal experiences.

Diplomatic practices at the United Nations

2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 316-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Wiseman
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Member State ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Un Reform ◽  
Specific Practice ◽  
State Actors ◽  
Narrow Context

This article considers the importance of informal, practice-based change as opposed to formal change at the UN. I first evaluate UN reform, showing that diplomacy and institutional change within the UN system are better understood as having evolved less from major, formal reform of the UN Charter (‘the Charter’) than from minor changes in routine practices. I then examine what practice theory and diplomatic studies can learn from each other in terms of how each views the role of leading individuals, illustrating specific practice-based change in relation to the Secretary-General’s role. Next, I show how the appointment process for a new Secretary-General has evolved through informal practice, after which I advance an argument that UN diplomatic practices should be considered not only within the narrow context of a formal diplomatic corps of member state diplomats but also as part of an informal, wider diplomatic community of diplomats and non-state actors. Practice theory helps students of diplomacy think more abstractly and systematically about mundane diplomatic practices. Students of diplomacy can help guide practice theory toward empirical diplomatic activities that are often internalized and taken for granted. I conclude that a dialog between the two fields will promote a better understanding of diplomacy as undervalued practices.

Understanding change and continuity in residential energy consumption

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Gram-Hanssen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Consumer Goods ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Residential Energy ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
Household Energy Consumption ◽  
Consumer Studies ◽  
The Individual

Practice theory has recently emerged within consumer studies as a promising approach that shifts focus from the individual consumer towards the collective aspects of consumption, and from spectacular and conspicuous dimensions of consumption towards routine and mundane aspects of consumption. Practice theory is, however, not a commonly agreed upon theory, but more like an approach, or a turn within contemporary social theory. When using practice theory in consumer studies, there are thus several conditions that need further clarification. The focus in this article is on how change and continuity in practices can be understood in practice theory. Discussions will include the balance between routinization and reflectivity as well as ways to understand the role of new technology in introducing change in consumer practices. One aspect of this is a discussion on how to include technologies and other types of material consumer goods in practice theory. Case studies on household energy consumption are used as an empirical basis for these discussions. Looking at household energy consumption through the theoretical lens of practice theory necessitates discussion on whether energy consumption should be viewed as one single practice or part of several different practices. The latter stimulates questioning on how these different consumer practices are related to each other horizontally and vertically, as parallel practices or as different levels of practices, and whether changes in one practice affect (or refrain from affecting) other related consumer practices, whether through reflexivity, routines or the materiality of consumer goods.

scholarly journals Transforming practices of diplomacy: the European External Action Service and digital disinformation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsa Hedling
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
International Politics ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
External Action ◽  
Institutional Transformation ◽  
Transforming Practices

Abstract This article explores the transformative role of practices of countering digital disinformation in European Union diplomacy. It argues that an overlooked dimension of the change brought by the rise of digital disinformation is located in the emergence of everyday countering practices. Efforts to counter disinformation have led to the recruitment of new actors with different dispositions and skillsets than those of traditional diplomats and state officials in diplomatic organizations such as the European External Action Service. Focusing on the countering efforts by the East StratCom Task Force, a unit introduced in 2015, the article argues that the composition of actors, the task force's practices and the reorientation in audience perception it reflected, contributed significantly to institutional transformation. Drawing on 23 interviews with key actors and building on recent advancements in international practice theory, the article shows how change and transformation can be studied in practices that have resulted from digitalization in international politics. The article thus contributes to an increased understanding of the digitalization of diplomacy in which new practices can emerge from both deliberate reflection and experimentation.

Rodzicielskie doświadczenia nauczania zdalnego w okresie pandemii Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-71
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Łukianow ◽  
Aneta Gop ◽  
Joanna Skrzypowska
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Home Education ◽  
Remote Education ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Diary Method ◽  
The World ◽  
Family Practices

Parents taking on the role of home teachers has become one of the most important issues faced by societies around the world during the coronavirus pandemic. This paper aims to describe and analyse family practices related to the remote education of children resulting from school closures under the pandemic. Through the thematic analysis of statements and observations related to home education, the authors search for changes in the perception of learning. Using practice theory and the diary method, the paper aims to show how teaching, hitherto delegated to external institutions, has entered the home and how coping with this looks from the parents’ perspective.

scholarly journals Framing Smart Meter Feedback in Relation to Practice Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Mela ◽  
Juha Peltomaa ◽  
Marja Salo ◽  
Kirsi Mäkinen ◽  
Mikael Hildén
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Smart Meter ◽  
Smart Metering ◽  
Smart Meters ◽  
Domestic Energy

Smart metering is advancing rapidly and consumption feedback from smart meters is expected to help residents to reduce their energy and water consumption. In recent years, more critical views have been expressed based on theories of social practice, arguing that smart meter feedback ignores the role of various mundane practices where energy and water are consumed and instead targets individuals as active decision-makers. We present a review of qualitative studies on smart meter feedback and results of a survey to European smart metering projects. We argue that theories of social practice can be used to reframe the challenges and potentials of smart meter feedback that have been identified in the literature and our survey. This presents challenges of smart meter feedback as resulting from normalised resource intensive practices rather than from uninterested and comfort-loving individuals. Potentials of improving the effectiveness of smart meter feedback relate to supporting communities and peer-learning and combining smart meter feedback with micro-generation of renewable energy. This has implications for how domestic energy and water consumption is targeted by policy.

scholarly journals The limits of practice: why realism can complement IR’s practice turn

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Joseph ◽  
Milja Kurki
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Social Ontology ◽  
Sociological Imagination ◽  
Knee Jerk ◽  
Practice Turn

This paper argues that the current calls for a practice turn in International Relations (IR) while positive in many respects, are problematic and potentially limiting because they are premised on a confused understanding of the role of philosophy and realist philosophy in particular and a restricted view of the role of sociological investigation. This arises from the problematic tendency to lapse into advocacy of an anti-realist philosophical and sociological imagination. We suggest that the problems that practice theorists point to should lead not to knee-jerk anti-realism but rather can motivate a reinvigorated conversation with realism. This entails revisiting the role of philosophy, realism, and sociology in the study of practices. We argue that far from being antithetical to practice theory, a reconsideration of realist philosophy helps make sense of the role of practice and provides those advocating practice theory with better tools to deal with the challenges which motivated the development of these theoretical stances. Reconsidering realism entails, however, a reconsideration of a wider social ontology within which practice takes place, and openness to the role of philosophical and theoretical abstractions in teasing out the role of practice.

Global collaboration in knowledge intensive firms: The role of activity configurations

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 519-535
Author(s):  
Katja Maria Hydle ◽  
David M Brock
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
International Organization ◽  
Global Collaboration ◽  
Star Network ◽  
Spatial Dimensions ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
National Borders ◽  
Customer Demands

AbstractThis paper discusses how transnational knowledge intensive firms manage complexity across multiple locations, integrating various functional specializations and catering to multifaceted customer demands. Practice theory is used to help us understand collaboration among experts across national borders. By exploring what experts do and analyzing their practices transnationally, different configurations to provide services were found. In total, six configuration types are identified: bilateral, trilateral, chain, star, network and co-location. These configurations differently relate to three interdependent axes: coordinated actions, interaction modes and spatial dimensions. The configurations expose the relevant integrative and responsive settings. The paper contributes to the international organization literature by extending, elaborating and providing examples of transnationality; and to practice theory by exposing shapes and qualitative complexity of transnational collaboration and service provision.

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