Coping with Blackouts: A Practice Theory Approach to Household Preparedness
Coping with Blackouts: A Practice Theory Approach to Household Preparedness
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10.1111/1468-5973.12191
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2018-06
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N. Heidenstrøm;Linda Kvarnlöf
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N. Heidenstrøm;Linda Kvarnlöf
The article focuses on how rural households cope with blackouts caused by winter storms. We approach household preparedness using a practice theory perspective, and argue that preparedness is mundanely preformed as part of everyday practices. The data material consists of at home visits to 14 households from Norway and Sweden. The results demonstrate that households cope with blackouts by activating and mobilising competences, meanings and materials belonging to different practices, and that this is an ongoing process to ensure the continuation of everyday life during disruption. The article concludes by arguing for the need to bring forward studies on informal preparedness activities, in a research field where household preparedness tends to be framed using a top-down perspective on crisis management.