Social Practices And Dynamic Non-humans: Nature, Materials And Technologies

Cecily Maller
Edited by Yolande Strengers
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Social Practices And Dynamic Non-humans: Nature, Materials And Technologies

Cecily Maller
Edited by Yolande Strengers
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264 PAGESENGLISH

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  • Published date: Jan 15, 2019
  • Language: English
  • No. of Pages: 264
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • ISBN: 9783030063818
  • Dimensions: 5.83" W x 1.0" L x 8.27" H

Dr Cecily Maller is a Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow and co-leader of the Beyond Behaviour Change Research Program, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Australia.


Associate Professor Yolande Strengers is a Principal Research Fellow and co-leader of the Beyond Behaviour Change Research Program, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Australia.

"Theories of practice have insufficiently explored the significance of nonhumans for social life. This splendid collection quickly fills this lacuna, pushing theories of practice to question their residual humanism and to explore such ideas as nonhumans co-performing practices. The book examines an impressive range of such entities, from organisms, water, and heat to robots, automated devices, and software. Exciting reading for anyone interested in the evolving dynamics of social life!" (Professor Ted Schatzki, University of Kentucky, USA)

"The chapters in this volume are like drawings in an artist''s sketchbook, each revealing aspects of the many and changing interactions of which social practices are made." (Professor Elizabeth Shove, Lancaster University, UK)

"This thought provoking book addresses a central issue of contemporary practice theories: do practices need humans to exist? Can non-humans and more than human actants perform practices? By offering a range of empirically grounded answers the volume questions the inherent residual humanism of some versions of practice theory and offers original and innovative ways to overcome it." (Professor Davide Nicolini, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK)

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