[PDF] The Practice Of Everyday Life eBook

Author : Michel de Certeau
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 14,1 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0520271459

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Michel de Certeau considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. In exploring the public meaning of ingeniously defended private meanings, de Certeau draws on an immense theoretical literature in analytic philosophy, linguistics, sociology, semiology, and anthropology--to speak of an apposite use of imaginative literature.

Author : Michel de Certeau
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 24,12 MB
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520236998

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Repackage of a classic sociology text in which the author developes the idea of resistance to social and economic pressures.

Author : Jean Lave
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 38,96 MB
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 1108480462

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An incisive study of situated learning, analyzed through a critical theory of social practice as transformational change in everyday life.

Author : Elizabeth Shove
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 27,44 MB
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1446290034

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Everyday life is defined and characterised by the rise, transformation and fall of social practices. Using terminology that is both accessible and sophisticated, this essential book guides the reader through a multi-level analysis of this dynamic. In working through core propositions about social practices and how they change the book is clear and accessible; real world examples, including the history of car driving, the emergence of frozen food, and the fate of hula hooping, bring abstract concepts to life and firmly ground them in empirical case-studies and new research. Demonstrating the relevance of social theory for public policy problems, the authors show that the everyday is the basis of social transformation addressing questions such as: how do practices emerge, exist and die? what are the elements from which practices are made? how do practices recruit practitioners? how are elements, practices and the links between them generated, renewed and reproduced? Precise, relevant and persuasive this book will inspire students and researchers from across the social sciences. Elizabeth Shove is Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University. Mika Pantzar is Research Professor at the National Consumer Research Centre, Helsinki. Matt Watson is Lecturer in Social and Cultural Geography at University of Sheffield.

Author : Sarah Pink
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 34,69 MB
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1446258181

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The study of everyday life is fundamental to our understanding of modern society. This agenda-setting book provides a coherent, interdisciplinary way to engage with everyday activities and environments. Arguing for an innovative, ethnographic approach, it uses detailed examples, based in real world and digital research, to bring its theories to life. The book focuses on the sensory, embodied, mobile and mediated elements of practice and place as a route to understanding wider issues. By doing so, it convincingly outlines a robust theoretical and methodological approach to understanding contemporary everyday life and activism. A fresh, timely book, this is an excellent resource for students and researchers of everyday life, activism and sustainability across the social sciences.

Author : Pasi Falk
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 17,33 MB
Release : 1994-09-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780803989740

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This book provides a fascinating examination of the relationship between consumption, the idea of the body and the formation of the self. In tracing these connections, The Consuming Body develops a profile of individuality in the late twentieth century - in both its bodily and mental aspects. Pasi Falk offers a major synthesis and critical assessment of the debates surrounding the body, the self and contemporary consumer culture. The author explores two fundamental issues for modern social theory - the delineation of modern consumption and the body's historically changing position in various cultural orders. In the course of his argument he examines both metaphors of consumption and investigates the issues of representation i

Author : Ernst Schraube
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,1 MB
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1317599705

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Psychology and the Conduct of Everyday Life moves psychological theory and research practice out of the laboratory and into the everyday world. Drawing on recent developments across the social and human sciences, it examines how people live as active subjects within the contexts of their everyday lives, using this as an analytical basis for understanding the dilemmas and contradictions people face in contemporary society. Early chapters gather the latest empirical research to explore the significance of context as a cross-disciplinary critical tool; they include a study of homeless Māori men reaffirming their cultural identity via gardening, and a look at how the dilemmas faced by children in difficult situations can provide insights into social conflict at school. Later chapters examine the interplay between everyday life around the world and contemporary global phenomena such as the rise of the debt economy, the hegemony of the labor market, and the increased reliance on digital technology in educational settings. The book concludes with a consideration of how social psychology can deepen our understanding of how we conduct our lives, and offer possibilities for collective work on the resolution of social conflict.

Author : Glen S. Aikenhead
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 19,4 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807746349

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of humanistic approaches to science. Approaches that connect students to broader human concerns in their everyday life and culture. Glen Aikenhead, an expert in the field of culturally sensitive science education, summarizes major worldwide historical findings; focuses on present thinking; and offers evidence in support of classroom practice. This highly accessible text covers curriculum policy, teaching materials, teacher orientations, teacher education, student learning, culture studies, and future research.

Author : Joel James Shuman
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,58 MB
Release : 2006-02
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1587431270

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A doctor and a theologian explore the relationship between Christian faith and medicine, encouraging a more biblical view of health and health care by individuals and churches

Author : David Inglis
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 29,82 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Culture
ISBN : 9780415319263

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This lively and accessible new book reconsiders the different views as to what 'culture' is, how it operates, and how it relates to other aspects of the human (and non-human) world.