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To everything, turn, turn, turn? Taking stock of the practice turn in social theory, sociology, and media studies

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dc.creatorGenner, Julian
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-08T15:28:55Z
dc.date.available2021-01-08T15:28:55Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThis article reviews the “practice turn” (PT) in sociology, social theory, and media studies. In addition, it develops a sociological perspective on turns in general. As other turns, PT presents itself as heterogeneous and interdisciplinary phenomenon lacking clear conceptual and institutional boundaries. In order to grasp this fuzziness inherent to PT, I regard PT as a “sign-post” (Wittgenstein 1984) giving rather vague directions and thus “assembling” (Latour 2005) a heterogeneous research community. Thus, my main question is as follows: How does PT guide research and how do researchers follow PT? Drawing on interviews with researchers involved in PT, I distinguish two major ideal-typical ways of following PT. Revolutionary approaches aim for overcoming existing ways of doing research by turning to practice. In contrast, reformative approaches aim for a renewal of disciplines. Whereas revolutionary approaches mainly arise in interdisciplinary fields and various “studies”, reformative approaches flourish on the margins of sociology. In exploring this pattern, the article develops a sociological way of reflecting PT and turns in general. Thereby the article establishes an institutional perspective drawing on the work of Boltanski and Chiapello (2007).en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.25819/ubsi/1895
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/15374
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/16184
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:hbz:467-16076
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversität Siegen: SFB 1187 Medien der Kooperation
dc.publisher.placeSiegen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 Generic
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subjectPraxistheoriede
dc.subjectPractice Turnen
dc.subjectPractice Theoryen
dc.subjectSociology of the Social Sciencesen
dc.subjectTurnsen
dc.subject.ddcddc:302.23
dc.titleTo everything, turn, turn, turn? Taking stock of the practice turn in social theory, sociology, and media studiesen
dc.typeworkingPaper
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
dspace.entity.typeBook
local.academicbookseriesSFB 1187 Medien der Kooperation – Working Paper Series
local.coverpage2021-05-29T01:50:50
local.identifier.firstpublishedhttps://doi.org/10.25819/ubsi/1895
local.source.volume15

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