TY - JOUR
T1 - Kitchen concerns at the boundary between markets and consumption: agencing practice change in times of scarcity (Husmodern, Sweden 1938–1958)
AU - Stigzelius, Ingrid
AU - Araujo, Luis
AU - Mason, Katy
AU - Murto, Riikka
AU - Palo, Teea
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2018/7/4
Y1 - 2018/7/4
N2 - This paper investigates practice dynamics in kitchens situated at the boundary between markets and consumption. The kitchen is conceptualized as a market-consumption junction, a space where multiple concerned actors in markets and consumption come to shape, and get shaped by, the practices in the kitchen. Drawing upon archival research of the Swedish household magazine Husmodern (1938–1958), this study traces two matters of concern in and around the kitchen: the scarcity of resources in food markets and the scarcity of time to prepare food for consumption. Findings reveal how thrifty and convenient practices became enacted, and their transformative implications for consumption, demand, and market action. The mechanisms involved in disrupting and reconnecting the dynamic elements of practices (meaning, competence, and objects) are explained through the notions of concerning, agencing, and overflows, which recursively work to redraw the boundaries between markets and consumption to establish novel practices. © 2018, © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
AB - This paper investigates practice dynamics in kitchens situated at the boundary between markets and consumption. The kitchen is conceptualized as a market-consumption junction, a space where multiple concerned actors in markets and consumption come to shape, and get shaped by, the practices in the kitchen. Drawing upon archival research of the Swedish household magazine Husmodern (1938–1958), this study traces two matters of concern in and around the kitchen: the scarcity of resources in food markets and the scarcity of time to prepare food for consumption. Findings reveal how thrifty and convenient practices became enacted, and their transformative implications for consumption, demand, and market action. The mechanisms involved in disrupting and reconnecting the dynamic elements of practices (meaning, competence, and objects) are explained through the notions of concerning, agencing, and overflows, which recursively work to redraw the boundaries between markets and consumption to establish novel practices. © 2018, © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
KW - Practice dynamics
KW - agencing
KW - concerning
KW - kitchen
KW - market-consumption junction
KW - matters of concern
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UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/kitchen-concerns-boundary-between-markets-consumption-agencing-practice-change-times-scarcity-husmod
U2 - 10.1080/10253866.2018.1462174
DO - 10.1080/10253866.2018.1462174
M3 - Article
SN - 1025-3866
VL - 21
SP - 347
EP - 372
JO - Consumption, Markets & Culture
JF - Consumption, Markets & Culture
IS - 4
ER -