The Dynamics of Social Practice: Everyday Life and How it Changes

Societal transformation in response to global environmental change: A review of emerging concepts

“…For example, the IPCC special report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (2012) builds heavily on Pelling (2011) and O'Brien (2012) while virtually ignoring other concepts of transformation in Table 2. Moreover, the figures reported in Table 2 do not take into account that some scholarly traditions developed independently of the issues of societal transformation specifically in response to GEC and have only relatively recently been connected to this area of research, as is the case with Social Metabolism (SM), which has an established tradition of study of societal transformations (e.g., Fischer-Kowalski and Haberl 2007;Haberl et al 2011), or Social Practices Approach (SP), whose relevance and potential contribution to societal transformation in the face of GEC have only recently been explored (Shove et al 2012). Thus, Fig.…”

“…SP has an established theoretical basis in social practice theory proposed by Shove et al (2012), which draws from a tradition of social thought which includes Giddens' Structuration Theory (Giddens 1984). Some system conceptualizations adopted in distinct concepts of transformation share a common theoretical ground.…”

“…Social and social-ecological change is viewed as a research problem that is often investigated interdisciplinarily and with a balance between fundamental understanding and considerations of use. The goal, at times naively, but increasingly critically intended (Shove et al 2012;Turnpenny 2012), usually lies toward informing policymaking or other forms of action by key decision-makers, and this may, but does not necessarily, imply the achievement of 'objective' knowledge produced by testing rigorous theories following a normal science paradigm (Strunz 2012). According to this model, the researcher's positionality and values are usually made explicit (Strunz 2012), and it is considered important to distinguish between the knowledge base and the political decision.…”

“…Modern societies have engaged in increasingly disruptive modes of interaction with the biophysical environment, and this is widely perceived as not simply a side effect, but a characterizing trait of modern societies (Jackson 2009). There is, therefore, a growing consensus not only that 'business as usual' is not an option (e.g., Jackson 2009), but also that given the pace and magnitude of GEC, a fundamental, radical, and possibly rapid change toward sustainability is needed (Nelson 2009;Westley et al 2011;DeFries et al 2012;ISSC 2012;Shove et al 2012).…”

Le quotidien peut-il être durable ? Routines dans la baie de San Francisco

“…découvrir les clés de leur création ai n de les faire évoluer de nouveau dans une perspective de déve-loppement durable (Shove et al , 2012), notamment par une critique de la théorie des choix rationnels. Elizabeth Shove prolonge les travaux théoriques de T. Schatzki (2002) sur l'importance de considérer les pratiques quotidiennes comme relevant d'un noeud d'interconnections entre différents temps et lieux, un apport que nous considérons comme essentiel.…”