Situating everyday life : practices and places / Sarah Pink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pink, Sarah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Applied anthropology.

Civilization, Modern--20th century.

Civilization, Modern.

Human behavior.

Home economics.

Environmental protection--Citizen participation.

Sustainability.

Physical Description:

ix, 166 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2012.

Summary:

"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"--P. 4 of cover.

Contents:

Introduction : (Re)Thinking about Everyday Life and Activism

Theorising the Familiar : Practices and Places

Researching Practices, Places and Representations : Methodologies and Methods

Beyond Doing the Dishes : Putting Kitchen Practices in Place

Making the Sensory Home : Laundry Routes and Energy Flows

Tracing Neighbourhood Flows : Making a Garden Place

(Re)Making Towns : Sustainable Activist Places, Practices and Representations

The Digital Places of Everyday Life : Thinking about Activism and the Internet

Conclusions : Sustainable Places, Activist Practices and Everyday Life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-161) and index.

ISBN:

9780857020567

0857020560

9780857020574

0857020579

OCLC:

769471585