From locked-down to locked-in? COVID-induced social practice change across four consumption domains
From locked-down to locked-in? COVID-induced social practice change across four consumption domains
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从锁定到锁定？
DOI：
10.1080/15487733.2022.2127294
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发表时间：
2022
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通讯作者：
Johannes Schuler
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作者：
Simona Zollet;Julia Siedle;Miriam Bodenheimer;Steven R McGreevy;Caroline Boules;Clemens Brauer;Md Habibur Rahman;Christoph DD Rupprecht;Johannes Schuler
COVID-19疫情扰乱了日常生活和社会实践，引发了人们对更可持续的消费模式是否正在出现及其长期保留的可能性的质疑。为了研究这些问题，我们采用基于实践的方法，对全球四个北方国家（德国、意大利、日本和美国）在食品、物质消费、住房和流动领域进行的COVID驱动的实践变化进行了定量研究。我们从可持续发展的角度讨论了分析中出现的趋势，并讨论了社会实践要素-材料，意义，能力-在建立和停止可持续消费实践中的作用。在具体做法和领域所观察到的可持续性方面的进展（如减少物质消费和更可持续的食物做法和饮食）可能会被其他做法所抵消，特别是对航空旅行和更大住房的新的愿望。可持续实践的吸收和锁定是由意义和与材料相关的实践要素的组合驱动的，例如与利益和个人价值观的一致性;劳动力，能源或时间的可用性;以及实践的能力。然而，支持新出现的生活方式转变的新政策，以及迎合和鼓励低影响做法的企业发展，可能最终决定形成一个更可持续的“新常态”。我们还反思了在社会实践理论指导下的可持续消费研究中使用定量研究方法的优势和局限性。
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyday living and social practices, prompting questions of whether more sustainable consumption patterns are emerging and the likelihood of their long-term retention. To examine these questions, we apply a practice-based approach to a quantitative study of COVID-driven practice changes in the domains of food, material consumption, housing, and mobility conducted in four global North countries (Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States). We discuss the trends emerging from our analysis from a sustainability perspective and address the role of social practice elements – materials, meanings, competences – in the establishment and discontinuation of sustainable consumption practices. Observed sustainability gains in specific practices and domains (such as a decrease in material consumption and more sustainable food practices and diets), may be offset by other practices, particularly a renewed desire for air travel and larger housing. The uptake and lock-in of sustainable practices are driven by a combination of meaning and material-related practice elements such as the alignment with interests and personal values; the availability of labor, energy, or time; and the ability to routinize practices. However, new policies to support emerging lifestyle shifts, as well as the development of businesses catering to and encouraging low-impact practices, may ultimately determine the formation of a more sustainable “new normal.” We also reflect on the strengths and limitations of using quantitative research methods in studies of sustainable consumption informed by social practice theories.