{"id":583,"date":"2023-01-31T19:11:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T19:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/socialpractice\/?page_id=583"},"modified":"2023-10-10T09:44:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T09:44:11","slug":"practice-theory-and-the-digital-18-20th-september-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/socialpractice\/events\/practice-theory-and-the-digital-18-20th-september-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice Theory and the Digital"},"content":{"rendered":"

A three day workshop: 18th to 20th September 2023, Lancaster University, UK<\/p>\n

Organising team: Stan Blue, Bob Jones, Karol Kurnicki, Katy Mason, Natallia Martini, Elizabeth Shove and Ted Schatzki.<\/p>\n

In recent years practice theory has established itself as an ontological alternative for social research. It differs from other, familiar approaches by emphasizing the centrality of practices\u2014as opposed to individuals, interactions, structures, systems, networks etc.\u2014in the constitution of social phenomena. In recent decades, moreover, society has become increasingly digitalized, with digital devices and infrastructures relentlessly spreading through social life. The latter development at once requires that practice-theory based analyses be given of digitalized social phenomena and raises the question of what practice theory can contribute to better understandings of them. Digitalization might also have implications for the further development of practice theory itself. In an effort to advance both practice theory and practice theory-based research on the proliferating range of digital phenomena, the Centre for Practice Theory at the University of Lancaster is organizing a three day in-person workshop for anyone who draws on theories of practices to study digital society.<\/p>\n

The workshop will bring together such researchers in a series of forums\u2014smaller group sessions focused on participants\u2019 work, workshop-wide sessions on shared concepts and key phenomena, a closing panel on practice theory and the digital, extra-workshop activities\u2014to exchange ideas, consider and comment on each other\u2019s work, deepen understanding of both practice theory and the digitalization of society, and have a good time.<\/p>\n

We are looking forward to discussions of\u00a0 practice theoretical analyses or representations of any aspect of digital societies or any topic to do with practice theory and the increasing digitalization of social life.<\/p>\n

Examples include:
\n\u2022 Big data, clouds, algorithms, automation, surveillance\/monitoring, tracking
\n\u2022 Blockchains, cryptocurrencies, platforms, social media
\n\u2022 Communication, gaming, governance, production, consumption, movement
\n\u2022 Corporations, states, social movements, militaries
\n\u2022 Devices, infrastructures, bodies, data & information
\n\u2022 Digitalization and changes in practices, interactions, organizations, everyday lives, social spaces, identities, psyches, subjectivities
\n\u2022 Practices, connectivity, practice constellations, rhythms, space, time
\n\u2022 Gender, racial, sexual, geographical dimensions of & differences in any of the above
\n\u2022 The adequacy of practice (and other social theoretical) ontologies to grasp digitalized societies
\n\u2022 New theoretical ideas or concepts useful for understanding digitalized phenomena
\n\u2022 Practice theoretical approaches to digital futures
\n\u2022 Challenges that digital societies present for practice theory (and social theory more generally), e.g. for the import of the material, the integrity of key concepts-phenomena (practices, individuals etc.), relations between practices, digital or virtual worlds<\/p>\n

Some images from the event, including a short video of the grand finale<\/p>\n

The grand finale – a short video<\/a>
\nA photo of nearly everyone involved<\/a><\/p>\n

A photo of some of the organising crew<\/a><\/p>\n

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