Name: #3 Stephen Kemmis On Learning by Practice Theory Podcast
Duration: 1 h 6 min 55 s
Description: Stephen Kemmis talks to us about practice theory, learning and the theory of practice architectures. For more, see Stephen's book out in October 2019: 'A Practice Sensibility: An Invitation to the Theory of Practice Architectures'. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789813295384

This ontological transformation, and the impossibility of observing it, and therefore the removal of the concept of 'learning', sounds a bit like a Xeno's Paradox. There doesn't have to be 'a moment' of learning. There just has to be the 'proof' of having learnt, through 'doing properly/better'.

This question of the 'criticality' of practice theory is so imporant. Earlier, you outlined that the “dimensions in which things happen" are Language Work and Power (Habermas), but Elizabeth stopped you on power, and shifted the discussion to a hostorical account. We know that quote from marx on understanding/transforming. The example of the Wartime picnic is interesting. The conditions of possibility have changed with climate change, but only in a theoretical and scientific knowledge (discursive) way. In terms of the Stoic philosophy discussed, our technical knowledge tells us that the consequences for humanity if we continue to act on a non-war footing will be catastrophic, but perhaps it is the case that only material arrangements and social/political arrangements actually transform practice. Cultural and discursive arrangements are not transformative enough on their own?

We speak with Thomas Alkemeyer and Nikolaus Buschmann about their paper in progress: Beyond Routine: Social Change in Practice Theory.

Thomas and Nikolaus work at Oldenburg University and lead the research group: Self-Making - Practices of Subjectivation in Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspective.

#7 Thomas Alkemeyer and Nikolaus Buschmann on Change And Routine

Silvia Gherardi talks to us about the idea of the Texture of Practices as it is in her book on 'How to Conduct a Practice-Based Study' (the 2nd edition) and in the chapter of the same name!

#8 Silvia Gherardi on the Texture of Practices

Dale Southerton talks to us about his paper in progress written with Jennifer Whillans on 'Time Use Surveys, Social Practice Theory and Activity Connections'.

Dale Southerton is Professor in Sociology of Consumption and Organisation and leads the Centre for Sociodigital Futures at the University of Bristol.

#9 Dale Southerton On Time And Method

Stephen Kemmis talks to us about practice theory, learning and the theory of practice architectures. For more, see Stephen's book out in October 2019: 'A Practice Sensibility: An Invitation to the Theory of Practice Architectures'. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789813295384

#3 Stephen Kemmis On Learning

Paula Jarzabkowski talks to us about how practice theory handles large phenomena! For more, see  Paula Jarzabkowski, Rebecca Bednarek and Paul Spee. 2015. 'Making a Market for Acts of God: The Practice of Risk-Trading in the Global Reinsurance Industry'. Oxford University Press, USA.

#4 Paula Jarzabkowski on Large Phenomena

Joseph Rouse talks to us about all things practice theory and biology. Based on his forthcoming book on 'Social Practices as Biological Niche Construction'.

#5 Joseph Rouse on Biology

Susann Wagenknecht, Technical University, Dresden talks with Elizabeth Shove about studying traffic lights.

For more about this work, see:

Wagenknecht, S. (2020). "The moral work of timing mobilities: ‘limited insight’ and truncated worth in municipal traffic management." Mobilities 15(5): 694-707.

#1 Chatting about Methods with Susann Wagenknecht

Dale Southerton, University of Bristol talks with Elizabeth Shove about studying food waste.

For more about this work, see:

Southerton, D. and Yates, L., 2014. Exploring food waste through the lens of social practice theories. Waste management and sustainable consumption: Reflections on consumer waste, 133.

#2 Chatting about Methods with Dale Southerton

A conversation between Stanley Blue, Elizabeth Shove and Mike Kelly on some of the practical and also conceptual challenges involved in promoting ‘practice oriented’ public policy.

Professor Mike Kelly is a Senior Visiting Fellow in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge and was previously the Director of the Centre for Public Health at the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) between 2004 and 2014.

He is also the co-author with Stan and Elizabeth of the articles on which this conversation is based:

Blue S, Shove E, Carmona C, and Kelly M. P. 2016. ‘Theories of Practice and Public Health: Understanding (Un)Healthy Practices’. Critical Public Health, 26 (1): 36-50; and

Blue S, Shove E, and Kelly M. P. Under Review. ‘Obese Societies: Reconceptualising the Challenge for Public Health’.

Public Policy and Practice Theory - A Conversation with Mike Kelly

Christian Bueger talks to us about practice theory, pirates, and international relations. The conversation is about Christian's new paper with Timothy Edmunds: Bueger, C., & Edmunds, T. (2021). Pragmatic Ordering: Informality, Experimentation, and the Maritime Security Agenda. Review of International Studies, 1-21. doi:10.1017/S0260210520000479

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