Consumption and Theories of Practice

“…in a certain space–time coordinate, but as a practice (practice in this sense is understood to mean a nexus of performances, doings and sayings; see Warde, 2005), a lens used by actors for understanding their particular circumstances and by researchers for understanding contemporary culture…”

“Likewise, our research on finding and keeping an object which is not one’s own disrupts the front end of consumption and the sequence of acquisition, appropriation and appreciation (Warde, 1992, 2005, 2014).”

“As suggested by Warde (2005, 2014), practice theories may explain similarities in consumption patterns among individuals and groups, as resting on the organization of practices and on public criteria for evaluating various practices.”

“The practice theory views consumption not as an end goal but as a consequence of daily practice (Warde, 2005) and suggests that the practice surrounding products can influence their lifetimes.”

“But on the other hand, and as Warde further argues, “ [u]nderstandings, conventions and aspirations will normally be differentially distributed among and observed by its practitioners, representing a mix of the satisficing and the optimal, or adequate and best practice ” (Warde, 2005, p. 141).”

“…to perform certain practices and make performing other practices less likely (Bargeman & Richards, 2020); practices steer processes of consumption (Warde, 2005), and consumers’ repeated societal and personal practices (e.g. habitus) tend to orient individuals’ decision-making (Aro, 2017) and…”

“In this study, we apply elements’ understandings, procedures and engagements, which Warde (2005) developed to facilitate elements’ applicability in empirical analyses of practices.”

“org access to digital resources (Reckwitz, 2002; Shove and Pantzar, 2005; Warde, 2005; Ragnedda and Ruiu, 2019), which describes how people use digital technologies; utilizing digital skills (Reckwitz, 2002; Shove and Pantzar, 2005; Ragnedda and Ruiu, 2019), which describes how they acquire and use their digital compe…”

“We conceptualise these in terms of the acquisition, appreciation appropriation, devaluation, divestment and disposal of goods, services and experiences (Evans, 2019; Gregson, 2007; Warde, 2005).”

“This article considers domestic alcohol consumption as a social and cultural practice and concerns ‘the routine, ordinary, collective, conventional nature’ (Warde, 2005, p. 146) of alcohol consumption and the social structuring of human actions (Shove et al., 2012; Warde, 2014).”

“Social marketing as a meso-level approach Drawing from SPT, which is a meso-level theory bringing together agency and structure (Warde, 2005), we suggest that social marketing can be reimagined as a meso-level approach.”

“For Warde (2005), building on Schatzki (1996), practices are comprised of understandings, procedures, and forms of engagement.”

“Moreover, as waste does not appear in peoples’ homes from nowhere but is a residue of consumption as a “moment” (Warde 2005) in other practices, the question of how to delineate waste practices”

“Since practice theory interprets social life as a set of repeated behaviours, speaking of “practices” means exploring patterns of individual behaviours and actions as building blocks of social phenomena (Warde, 2005), in this study referred to as local food consumption.”

“This theory has gained attention in several research domains, such as studies of energy savings, renewable energy technologies and mobility and consumption (Cass & Faulconbridge, 2016; Shove & Walker, 2010; Warde, 2005; Winther, 2008).”

“While all practices invariably involve consumption of some sort, the consumptive aspect is usually considered to facilitate a practice rather than being the primary activity in itself (Warde 2005).”

“Rather than being about who consumers are and seek (as in CCT), Practices are what consumers do (Warde 2005).”

“Social practices are contextual as people adapt, improvise, and experiment with established practices that are situated spatially and temporally (O’Neill et al., 2019; Warde, 2005).”

“Reproduction regimes dictate how and where individuals go about meeting basic needs and being part of a community (Cherunya et al., 2020a; Geels et al., 2015; Warde, 2005; McMeekin and Southerton, 2012).”

“While each technique has been adapted to suit the unique behaviors of materials, they share strong parallels often inspired by “other adjacent and parallel practices, from which lessons are learned, innovations borrowed, procedures copied” [18, 84].”

“‘Doing’ highlights the role of human agency and skill in animating the objects and using them (Schatzki, 1997; Warde, 2005).”

“As Warde (2005) explains, patterns of consumption arise from, and are rooted in social practices.”

“En parallèle, par l'association et les combinaisons d'une variété de ces éléments, et par la répétition de leur réalisation, les pratiques évoluent au fil du temps (Shove et al., 2007 ; Shove et al., 2015 ; Warde, 2005).”

“emerged as a new approach in the sociology of consumption (see Schatzki, 1996; Reckwitz, 2002; Shove, 2003; Warde, 2005; Røpke, 2009; Shove et al., 2012; Southerton et al., 2012; Spurling and McMeekin, 2014).”

“A food practice, for example, consists of activities (e.g. planning, shopping, provisioning, cooking, eating, cleaning), procedures for how the activities are to be performed, understandings of ‘proper’ conduct and engagement in the practice (Halkier, 2017; Warde, 2005).”

“Social-practice theory is well-suited for this study to examine the transformation of the educational practices of apparel supply-chain sustainability, not just the value-based decisions of an individual (Warde, 2005).”

“…a framework for exploring how consumption practices associated with profitable but potentially harmful commodities (including e-cigarettes and alcohol), are shaped, performed, and modified within different social contexts and time points (Keane et al., 2017; Supski et al., 2017; Warde, 2005).”

“Based on the extensive work of Schatzki (1996), Reckwitz (2002), Warde (2005), and Shove et al. (2012), it can be seen that practice theorists treat social practices as the basic units of analysis, whereas individuals are decentralized as carriers of the practices.”

“Practice theories comprise a vast and heterogeneous body of literature (Warde 2005) arguably characterised by four different ‘types’ (Schatzki 2001) and two generations of theorists (Postill 2010).”

“Procedimentos são definidos como princípios, instruções, regras e formas sociais rotinizadas (WARDE, 2005).”

“All interviews and focus groups were conducted in line with a practice theoretical approach, emphasizing concrete everyday social performances of shopping, meal provisioning, and eating (Warde 2005, 144).”

“Following a practice theoretical perspective means understanding consumption as moments in practices (Warde, 2005) and similarly to see energy consumption as something which follows from the performance of practices (Røpke & Christensen, 2012).”

“Since the late 20th and early 21st century, practice theory has emerged within the sociology of consumption (Reckwitz, 2002; Warde, 2005).”

“Marketing can therefore help shape the understanding people have “ of what is required by the practice and their role within it ” (Warde 2005, 149).”

“‘Engagements’ is a component in Allan Warde’s (Warde, 2005) conceptualisation of social practices; however, my use of this notion is closer to Schatzki’s concept of ‘teleoaffective structures’ (Schatzki, 2002).”

“These practices come together to form new routines and ‘normal’ ways of doing things (Warde, 2005).”

“Crucially, this is a process that occurs within and for the sake of practices (see Warde, 2005) that are configured through the alignment of heterogenous elements including culture, economy, technology and so on.”

“They have a trajectory, a history (Bourdieu, 1983; Warde, 2005).”

“…however, that behaviour change campaigns overlook the complexity of how consumers navigate ethical demands against the fl ux of everyday life (Warde 2005, 2016, Shove 2010, Heinze 2021), or indeed how individuals navigate consumption practices through the changing dynamics of daily life…”

“Therefore, to understand technology use, one must also under‐ stand the meaning that people assign to technology‐ related practices (see also Warde, 2005).”

“They constitute the cognitive infrastructure, which allows these actors to coordinate and contribute to the functioning of the food system, its social “orchestration” (15).”

“Consumption is, therefore, a moment in almost every practice, and consumer wants and desires thus emerge from these practices [37].”

“For Warde (2005), practices are not closed in themselves.”

“Using insights from practice theory (e.g., Bourdieu 1984; Giddens 1984; Schatzki 2010; Warde 2005), I interrogate changes detected between T1 and T2.”

“These alternative systems of provision are constructed as a network of coordinated practices, connecting the appropriation of food (farming and the system of provision) and the appreciation of food (cooking and eating) (Warde, 2005).”

“The theory of practice might suggest that purchasing food at farmers’ markets requires a greater level of engagement with the food system, through the extra physical effort and time it takes, which was not considered worthwhile for some participants.(31) Instead, they abrogated their choices for others to assume and r…”

“La première se réfère à la pratique en tant qu’ « ensemble d’actes réalisés par un individu » (Schatzki, 1996), tandis que la seconde se base sur les dimensions permettant de l’appréhender dans sa globalité (Reckwitz, 2002 ; Schatzki, 1996 ; Shove et al., 2012 ; Warde, 2005).”

“One source via which individuals can construct their own identity is via consumption (e.g., Campbell, 1995; Warde, 2005), including cultural consumption.”

“Theories of practice have been widely used in the social sciences and have also made their way into management and organisation studies (Corradi, Gherardi, and Verzelloni 2010), marketing studies (Schau, Muñiz, and Arnould 2009; Skålén et al. 2022), and consumption studies (Warde 2005).”

“…Asia under questionable conditions, a development which led to mass production and the increase of “ template ” shirts, rather than designs unique to certain clubs 3 ; it is an example of how “ producers attempt to mould practices in line with their commercial interests ” (Warde, 2005: 141).”