Methodological Reflections on Practice Oriented Theories [Paperback]

This volume presents a comprehensive overview of methodological issues and empirical methods of practice-oriented research. It examines questions regarding the scope and boundaries of practice-oriented approaches and practice theory. It discusses the potential advantages and disadvantages of the diversity resulting from the use of these approaches, as well as method and methodology-related issues. The specific questions explored in this volume are: What consequences are linked to the application of a praxeological perspective in empirical research when it comes to the choice of methods? Is there such a thing as an ideal path to follow in praxeological empirical research? What relationship is there between qualitative and quantitative approaches? What differentiates practice-based social research from other perspectives and approaches such as discourse analysis or hermeneutics? The contributions in this book discuss these questions either from a methodological point of view or from a reflective perspective on empirical research practices.Chapter 1. Introduction; Michael Jonas, Beate Littig and Angela Wroblewski.- Part I. Methodologies and Methodological Aspects of Practice Theories.- Chapter 2. Sociology of Social Practices: Theory or Modus Operandi of Empirical Research; Robert Schmidt. Chapter 3. Practice Theory as a Package of Theory, Methods and Vocabulary: Affordances and Limitations; Davide Nicolini.- Chapter 4. Relationality and Heterogeneity: Transitive Methodology in Practice Theory and ActorNetwork Theory; Hilmar Sch?fer.- Chapter 5. Conducting Ethnography with a Sensibility for Practice; Michal Sedlacko.- Part II. Conceptualisation of the Individual and of the Body in Practice-Oriented Empirical Research.- Chapter 6. Embodying Practices: The Human Body as a Matter (of Concern) in Social Thought; J?rg Niew?hner and Stefan Beck ( ).- Chapter 7. (Re)configuring Actors in Practice; Anna Pichelstorfer.- Chapter 8. WhiteCollar Bodywork: PraclÃj