Social practice research in practice. Some methodological challenges in applying practice-based approach to the urban research

Smagacz‐Poziemska, Marta; Bukowski, Andrzej; Martini, Natalia

doi:10.1080/13645579.2020.1760577

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“…The current state of research involves analysis of all the practices-that is, not only activities-and reconstruction of the individual estates' complexities of modalities of practices in the wider urban and extra-local system. 34 Following Schatzki's theoretical model of social practice, in the analysis we applied a coding scheme consisting of both the performative, implicit part of a practice and its organisational dimension-how, why, and for what do people do (what they do). The operational definition of practices of parental involvement encompasses all these elements.…”

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Playing Locally but Commuting to a Better School: Urban Planning and Education Policies in Parental Involvement Practices and Local Community Formation

Smagacz‐Poziemska

Bierwiaczonek

2021

East European Politics and Societies

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In this article, we analyse the formation of local communities from the perspective of the practices of parental involvement. Adopting a practice-based approach to empirical research on six estates in three Polish cities, we reconstruct the connections between the spatial logics of the housing areas, national education, and housing polices, and their impact on the everyday life practices inside and outside the estate. Using the category of practice of parental involvement, we show the complex, long-term impact of state and local education policies on everyday life and, as a result, on the processes of structuring or fragmentation of territorial communities. The results of our qualitative studies not only develop knowledge about the connections between national polices and everyday life practices but also, we hope, could help to design effective public policies.

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Playing Locally but Commuting to a Better School: Urban Planning and Education Policies in Parental Involvement Practices and Local Community Formation

Smagacz‐Poziemska

Bierwiaczonek

2021

East European Politics and Societies

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“…tools, materials, infrastructure and knowledge that are used in a specific way (i.e. in accordance with the values) and enable or limit the implementation of the practice in stakeholders' actions (Schatzki, 2002;Echeverri and Skål en, 2011;Smagacz-Poziemska et al, 2020;Spotswood et al, 2015).…”

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Transforming practices of co-creating values in a contemporary art exhibition

Kłeczek,

Hajdas

2024

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Purpose This study aims to investigate how art events can enrich novice visitors by transforming their practices. Design/methodology/approach This research uses an interpretive case study of the art exhibition “1/1/1/1/1” in the Oppenheim gallery in Wroclaw. It draws on multiple sources of evidence, namely, novice visitors’ interviews, observation including photo studies and content analysis of art-makers’ mediation sources. This study is an example of contextual theorizing from case studies and participatory action research with researchers as change agents. Findings The evidence highlights that aesthetic values and experiences are contextual to practices and are transformable into other values. The findings illustrate the role of practice theory in studying how art-makers inspire the transformation of practices, including values driving the latter. Research limitations/implications The findings provide implications for transformations of co-creating contextual values in contemporary visual art consumption and customer experience management. Practical implications Practical implications to arts organizations are also provided regarding cultural mediation conducted by art-makers. Exhibition makers should explain the meanings of the particularly visible artefacts to allow visitors to develop a congruent understanding of the meanings. The explanations should not provide ready answers or solutions to the problem art-makers suggest to rethink. Social implications The social implication of our findings is that stakeholders in artistic ventures may undertake adequate, qualified and convergent actions to maintain or transform the defined interactive practices between them in co-creating contextual aesthetic values. Originality/value The study provides new insights into co-creating values in practices in the domain of contemporary art exhibitions by bringing the practice theory together with an audience enrichment category, thus illustrating how novice visitors get enriched by transforming their practices led by contextual values of “liking” and “understanding”.

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“…One key premise within the practice 'family' is that social reality is made up of connections between activi ties and meaning. These are mediated by materials and fur ther guided by space and time (SmagaczPoziemska et al, 2021). Nicolini (2012) provides five explanations for how a practicebased approach is radically different from an indi vidualistic methodology.…”

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“…One key premise within the practice ‘family’ is that social reality is made up of connections between activities and meaning. These are mediated by materials and further guided by space and time (Smagacz-Poziemska et al, 2021).…”

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“…They do not provide an in-depth exploration of the scope of contemporary, empirical research using practice theory. This review seeks to fill that gap given the growth of practice-based studies in the last decade alone (Smagacz-Poziemska et al, 2021). Providing a mapping of applications of practice theory in empirical research will give further insight into the current field of knowledge.…”

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Using social practice theory to examine parenting: A scoping review

McLean,

Slack-Smith,

Ward

2023

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Practice theory-based research has been established theoretically as an answer to health and social problems, but its use in empirical research is still emerging. We conducted a scoping review in accordance with JBI guidelines for evidence synthesis to identify methodological characteristics of practice theory-based research concerning parenting. A total of 2681 abstracts were identified, with 214 retained for full text screening. A total of 33 articles were included in the review. The included studies in the review focussed on a range of practices relating to parenting including meal preparation and cooking, mobility and transport, homework and school engagement. Major findings from this scoping review identified the use of multiple methods to draw on different aspects of practice and a high variety of time frames for data collection. The tailoring of practice theory approaches was highly varied, and some studies also combined practice theory with alternate theory and concepts. The results reveal significant diversity in the use of social practice theory, the range of methodological approaches used and the application of a high variety of methods. All studies used some form of interview to investigate practices and ethnography was a main methodological approach adopted. Across the studies there were recommendations for expanding sampling and recruitment strategies. Given the call to adopt new approaches to parenting and child development research, our review serves as a mapping of the multitude of ways practice theory-based research can provide can be used to examine parenting.

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Social practice research in practice. Some methodological challenges in applying practice-based approach to the urban research

Cited by 9 publications

References 31 publications

Playing Locally but Commuting to a Better School: Urban Planning and Education Policies in Parental Involvement Practices and Local Community Formation

Playing Locally but Commuting to a Better School: Urban Planning and Education Policies in Parental Involvement Practices and Local Community Formation

Transforming practices of co-creating values in a contemporary art exhibition

Using social practice theory to examine parenting: A scoping review

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