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TY - JOUR
T1 - Elites, elements and events
T2 - practice theory and scale
AU - Birtchnell, Thomas
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - Practice theory appears to be a flat ontology in conventional renderings, but it is unclear why this is so. In attempting to scale socio-technical systems practice theory finds itself needing to think about new possible strategies to both compete with other ontologies and rebrand itself as capable of mapping the world outside of everyday life, the domestic and the home. In pursuit of this goal three unfamiliar new terrains are explored: elites, elements and events. In this paper a method for practice theory to broach scale while retaining its current value is articulated through ideas about the synchronization of elements and through paying closer attention to elites and events in the ways practices are practised.
AB - Practice theory appears to be a flat ontology in conventional renderings, but it is unclear why this is so. In attempting to scale socio-technical systems practice theory finds itself needing to think about new possible strategies to both compete with other ontologies and rebrand itself as capable of mapping the world outside of everyday life, the domestic and the home. In pursuit of this goal three unfamiliar new terrains are explored: elites, elements and events. In this paper a method for practice theory to broach scale while retaining its current value is articulated through ideas about the synchronization of elements and through paying closer attention to elites and events in the ways practices are practised.
KW - Practices
KW - Mobilities
KW - Systems
KW - Transition
KW - India
KW - Gandhi
U2 - 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.01.020
DO - 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.01.020
M3 - Journal article
VL - 24
SP - 497
EP - 502
JO - Journal of Transport Geography
JF - Journal of Transport Geography
SN - 0966-6923
ER -