Overview
- Introduces a new way of viewing practices and the world in which they unfold - in order to develop a practice sensibility
- Offers a new perspective on practice theory and the theory of practice architectures
- Draws on cases from everyday life to illustrate how practices can be understood and theorized
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Keywords
- Practice Theory
- Life Happens in Practices
- Sustainable Practices
- Practices and Sustainability
- Ontological Perspective on Practices
- Changing Practices and Changing Practice Architectures
- Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity
- Intersubjective Space
- Semantic Space
- Physical Space-time
- Social Space
- Cultural-discursive Arrangements
- Material-economic Arrangements
- Social-political Arrangements
- Sociomaterial Theory of Practice
- Site Ontology
- Contestation and Institutionalization
- Reproduction and Transformation
- Reproduction of Practices
- Practice-arrangement Bundles
About this book
This book introduces readers to the theory of practice architectures and conveys a way of approaching practice theory through developing a practice sensibility. It shows that, in order to change our practices, we must also change the conditions that make those practices possible. The book draws on everyday life to illustrate how we can see the world by watching it unfold in practices: it argues that life happens in practices. The theory of practice architectures takes the ontological nature of practices seriously by recognising that practices take place in the real world.
Consequently, the book offers a new perspective on how practices happen amidst a vast world of happenings; on how we participate in the “happening-ness” of the world through our practices. It invites us to consider whether our practices reproduce or aggravate the contemporary environmental crises confronting the Earth, and whether we can transform our current practices to ameliorate these crises. Given its focus and scope, the book will benefit master’s and doctoral students in social and educational theory, early career researchers, and established researchers new to practice theory.Authors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Practice Sensibility
Book Subtitle: An Invitation to the Theory of Practice Architectures
Authors: Stephen Kemmis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9539-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9538-4Published: 06 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9541-4Published: 06 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-32-9539-1Published: 22 August 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 185
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Educational Philosophy, Sociology of Education, Philosophy of Education