Consumption and Theories of Practice

“…step was to identify which characterization of “the consumer” identified by other authors (Evans, Welch, and Swaffield 2017; Gabriel and Lang 2006) was most relevant in this field, based on both existing commentaries (Shove 2010; Slater 2014; Warde 2005) and a reading of key texts within the field.”

“In studying practices, researchers have drawn on a variety of practice traditions in studying areas like consumption (Shove et al., 2009; Warde, 2005), markets (Kjellberg and Helgesson, 2007; Knorr Cetina, 2007), organizations, organizing and coordinating (Orlikowski and Yates, 2002; Jarzabkowski…”

“Building on Schatzki (1996), Warde (2005) defines practice components as follows: understandings (i.e., practical interpretations of what and how to do), procedures (i.e., instructions, rules, and principles of how to do), and engagements (i.e., emotional and normative orientations relating to what…”

“As Warde (2005: 146) noted in his discussion of everyday practices, individuals in ‘different situations perform the same activity differently’, leading to shifts in both practices and their associated meanings, relationships and structures.”

“Practices are commonly understood as routinised “doings and sayings” (Schatzki, 2016; Warde, 2005) and learned habitual behaviours and activities developed over time that fulfil certain purposes (Fuglsang, 2018).”

“Second, Social Practice Theory (Warde, 2005) emphasises food-related practices as socially embedded rituals that reproduce values and traditions.”

“…services, performances, information, or ambience, whether purchased or not, over which the agent has some degree of discretion,” is how Warde [78 ] defines it [ 23 ]. added three more steps to the definition— devaluation, divestment, and disposal—to give a more thorough explanation that…”

“Rather, as Warde (2005) suggests, ‘ consumption cannot be restricted to, nor de fi ned by market exchange ’ (p. 137) alone.”

“Firstly, consumption ‘rarely occurs purely for its own sake, but contributes to the delivery of a range of varied rewards’ across existing range of societal, cultural, economic, spatial, and political domains (Warde 2005, 137).”

“Warde (2005) defines consumption as a process where a person engages in appropriation and appreciation, whether for utilitarian, expressive, or contemplative purposes, of goods or services, whether purchased or not.”

“…recognises everyday practices as the unit of analysis and explores how social, cultural, and material dimensions shape these practices (Adeosun et al., 2022; Fonte, 2008; Halkier et al., 2011; Kantamaturapoj, 2012; Schatzki, 1997; Veen et al., 2014; Warde, 2005; Wertheim-Heck & Spaargaren, 2016).”

“From a theoretical perspective, this research is situated within the framework of practice theory which is particularly fit for the study of consumption practices (Warde, 2005) and sustainable consumption practices (Dubuisson-Quellier & Plessz, 2013).”

“In other words, materializing the social theories of practice is important because they occur before the action, as they guide the course of consumption (Warde, 2005).”

“…definition of consumption, especially in the context of food, consumption is the process through which individuals appropriate various elements (goods, services, performances, information, or ambiance) for utilitarian, expressive, or contemplative purposes (Warde 2005, 137; 2017, 66).”

“Volonté (2017) studies, through the theory of practice (Warde, 2005 defining what is technologically viable for the fashion industry and what is not.”

“2009), embodied (Bourdieu 1990) and social (Warde 2005), making brand communities a fertile ground for collective practices (Schau et al.”

“Specifically, my framework may be helpful for those attempting to break with the ongoing ontological debate about whether consumption and personal choice are individualistic or social in nature (e.g., Warde, 2005).”

“Warde (2005) elucidates that theories of practice are heterogeneous, but in common they understand that consumption takes place in the countryside and, precisely, because of practices, and that it integrates most spheres of everyday life.”

“A practical view on consumption allowed researchers to look beyond the process of acquiring certain goods in the market sphere [28,29].”

“Além disso, ao fazer parte da prática, o elemento objeto pode também requerer o consumo de outros objetos associados (Magaudda, 2011; Shove & Pantzar, 2005; Warde, 2005).”

“Social-practice approaches are common in consumption studies (Røpke, 2009; Shove and Warde, 2002; Warde, 2005) and their relevance has been stressed in work on energy demand more broadly (Creutzig et al.”

“Consumption, of course, means more than acts of purchasing: it is more about the practices, or indeed labor - of consumption (Sarpila & Åberg 2019; Warde 2005).”

“Schatzki, Theodore R. (2012): A Primer on Practices.”

“Integrative practices sometimes include dispersed practices as components of the sayings and doings, which allow the understanding of a specific practice (Schatzki, 1996, p. 91; Warde, 2005, p. 135).”

“…emerge as stable and socially shared configurations, as has been done in recent years by analysing a variety of notable cases: from consumption (Warde, 2005; Sassatelli, 2007) and environmental issues (Gram‐Hanssen, 2010; Spaargaren, 2011) to photography (Hand, 2012) and music (Magaudda, 2011).”

“Drawing on how Alan Warde has theorised consumption and eating (Warde 2005, 2016), I have thus utilised this perspective when analysing men’s talk about their everyday performances.”

“When practices take centrestage, societal transition and change in consumption can be understood as the evolution of practices and their inherent links that are taking place within society (Schatzki et al. 2001; Warde 2005; Shove et al. 2012).”

“As Warde (31) aptly states, “Consumption occurs within practice and is also for the sake of practice.””

“This culture encompasses everyday social life, where consumption serves as an integral component of all practices (Warde, 2005), alongside the profound historical interplay between a non-normative body, power dynamics, knowledge, and resistance (Foucault, 2002).”

“Noteworthy, understandings and engagements can be analysed as sayings of practices, but an analysis of procedures may demand an observation of doings (Torkkeli et al., 2020; Warde, 2005).”

“…analysis of this study are grounded in social practice theory, which has been applied and developed in various research domains that have inspired our analysis, such as in studies on consumption (Warde 2005), food waste (Watson and Meah 2012) and sustainability (Shove, Watson, and Spurling 2015).”

“4340 [9] Consumption and theories of practice Warde argues that consumption should be understood through the lens of social practices, suggesting that our consumer behavior is shaped by routine, socially informed practices rather than individual choice alone.”

“Like marketing systems approaches, SPT takes a broad problem focus, emphasizing system entities and their relationships (Reckwitz 2002; Schatzki 2013; Spaargaren 2011; Warde 2005).”

“” [62] CoPs have historically developed their own set of unique form-giving techniques inspired by “other adjacent and parallel practices, from which lessons are learned, innovations borrowed, procedures copied” [12, 61].”

“To understand everyday consumption and change, social practice theory has been growing in popularity in the last twenty years (Beatson et al. 2020; Halkier et al. 2011; Warde 2005).”

“Additionally, while Warde (2005) suggested that practices are framed by understandings, procedures, and engagements, Pantzar and Shove (2010) proposed that practices develop when new linkages are formed between practitioners’ images (symbolic meanings of actions), skills (bodily knowledge and…”

“Afin de traduire empiriquement cela, Schatzki (2001), Reckwitz (2002), Warde (2005) et Shove et Pantzar (2005) ont identifié les uns après les autres des typologies d’ éléments (voir Gram-Hanssen, 2011 pour une revue).”

“…and actions of stakeholders in practice, scholars should generate data enabling the analysis of the consistency of stakeholders’ actions in individual practices (Echeverri and Skålén 2011) and interpret the data as performances (or moments) of practices (Reckwitz 2002; Warde 2005; 2014).”

“This, of course, does not erase individual agency, but instead recognises that it is through engagements with practices that individuals come to understand the world around them (Warde, 2005).”

“The development of newmaterials, just as the introduction of new skills, ideas and routines by practitioners (Warde, 2005), also increases individual adaptability (Melo, Van Rheenen, & Gammon, 2020).”

“Agricultural management also represents an opportunity for farmers to establish cultural differentiation related to purchasing capacity (Warde, 2005; Kaiser and Burger, 2022).”

“…to difficulties of giving up ecological privilege and livelihoods more broadly [68], and to the fact that environmentally friendly production or consumption may not be undertaken for its own sake but as part of ordinary daily concerns such as cleanliness, comfort and convenience, see [69,70].”

“…is “a moment in almost every practice” (Warde, 2005: 137) which occurs as “items are appropriated in the course of engagement with particular practices”, and as “being a competent practitioner requires appropriation of requisite services [and] possession of appropriate tools” (Warde, 2005: 131).”

“SPT is increasingly applied to the study of a number of embodied practices, including consumption (Warde, 2005), eating (Warde, 2016), sexting (Roberts & Ravn, 2020), and drug use (Bengtsson & Ravn, 2018), and has a major in fl uence in sociological studies of alcohol use (see e.g. Hennell et al.,…”

“These were: Social Practice Theory: Social practice theory contends that energy demand is a by-product of practices such as cooking, showering, driving or laundry [29].”

“No campo dos estudos de cultura e consumo, Warde (2005) utiliza o rótulo “Teorias da Prática” para descrever os estudos que compreendem o consumo como um momento presente nas práticas sociais.”

“Let us note that there is a dialectical relationship between entities and performances, because practices-as-entities can direct performances, through which entities are (re)produced, stabilised or changed (Warde, 2005).”

“Studying environmental perceptions within specific infrastructural systems can improve how practice theorists [30,31] view consumption.”

“Warde (2005) ressalta que as práticas envolvem apropriação e uso de bens, serviços e espaços, o que interfere na compreensão dos indivíduos sobre as práticas com as quais estão envolvidos anteriormente ao pensar sobre o consumo.”

“…coincided with a second strand emerging at the interface between STS and the sociology of consumption that developed new theoretical approaches drawing on the ‘practice turn’ in social science to study the dynamics of everyday practices – for example, eating and mobility (Shove, 2003; Warde, 2005).”

“The approach emphasizes how by actively engaging in everyday practices, individuals and communities come to understand the world around them, develop a sense of self, interact with people, things and places, and conduct their lives (cf. Warde, 2005).”

“Simply put, consumption is more often a question of habit than active deliberation, and always shaped by culture, social expectations, and material surroundings (Warde, 2005 & 2014; Shove, 2003).”

“It is also a performance, that is, the performing of doings and sayings, thus actualising the entity (Warde, 2005).”

“Consumption is not merely the outcome of individual choices; it takes shape within the habits, shared meanings, and everyday interactions of social life, gradually becoming a habit (Kennedy et al., 2015; Warde, 2005; Weder et al., 2025).”

“As indicated by Warde [46], consumers are propelled by practices that steer behavior.”