New practices for new publics: interdisciplinary dialogues about practice theory approaches and civil society. Seminar series.

这一系列研讨会提出，“实践理论”是一种创新的社会科学方法，它在现场和日常研究“我们所做的事情”，为开展关于民间社会的对话提供了基础和语言。它将侧重于如何在关爱、同龄人支持和学习被认为重要的背景下制定公民社会。尽管这些可以说是无处不在的“生活经验”领域，但健康和教育在制度上和通过学科和学科的学术惯例被视为独立的领域。民间社会组织[民间社会组织]不受这些公约的约束，它们在与公共机构相连但也在“外部”或“不同于”公共机构的空间开展业务。这些为他们提供了新的和不同的能力，为公民的生活体验带来连续性和认可度。这些研讨会的目的是借助/通过民间社会组织的专业知识阐明“新公众”：从民间社会组织而不是公共机构的角度来理解那些在照顾、同行支持和学习时出现的集体。实践理论挑战传统的个人主义或过度理性主义的解释，探索个人和组织所做的事情是如何由例行公事和工具以及有意识的选择塑造的。因此，它被认为与试图改变常规做法有关，特别是(到目前为止)与气候变化有关的做法，以及越来越多的与公共卫生有关的做法。它还提供了一种方式，让组织在重新谈判民间社会组织和法定公共服务的边界时思考自己的工作。该系列研讨会的具体目的是阐明民间社会组织支持社区和公民颁布的“做法”。这些可以是(例如)做法：使志愿者能够支持有额外需要的儿童的父母；参与基于权利的宣传和运动；通过电话帮助热线和1对1服务支持个人福祉。研讨会的目的是与当地用户社区合作，了解如何在组织内和跨组织背景下在实践中产生‘知道’，评估基于实力或资产的方法，如复原力、社会资本、卫生、青年工作和社会护理方面的能力或能力建设、教育中的父母参与做法、社区在新技术和数据做法的设计和开发中的地位。这个系列特别植根于当地的背景。布莱顿大学通过其社区大学伙伴关系方案与民间社会组织建立联系，该方案经常被认为是优秀做法的典范。所有申请的高等院校都与公民社会组织进行研究，并将他们与学生联系起来进行安置。然而，让他们参与学术生活的其他方面，包括理论思考和发展，往往更令人担忧或不发达，跨不同领域的联系也是如此。这一系列研讨会将在这些联系的基础上，但扩大伙伴关系，讨论实践理论对民间社会组织的价值，邀请民间社会组织超越自己的领域思考，并考虑它们可以从与其他民间社会组织和高等院校的联系中学到什么/是否可以。它是开放式的，甚至是试探性的。为了让民间社会组织真正参与进来，我们将提供小额奖学金，并创新系列的结构。我们从为期两天的面对面活动开始，将所有参与者(约40人)聚集在一起，由CSO合作者共同提供。随后为期一天的研讨会允许利用网络研讨会技术进行虚拟参与。每个研讨会将确定要探索的关键思想、范例和相关的推广方法。该系列活动的高潮是密集的写作讲习班(“图书冲刺”)，一个不同的小团体将共同编写一本电子书，解释实践理论方法与民间社会及其组织问题的相关性，以便从该系列中学到的知识能够迅速传播、发展和引起争议。

This seminar series proposes that 'practice theory', an innovative social science approach which studies 'what we do' in situ and in the everyday, offers a basis and a language for conducting conversations about civil society. It will focus on how civil society is enacted in contexts where care, peer support and learning are recognised as important. Although these are arguably ubiquitous areas of 'lived experience', health and education are treated as separate institutionally and through academic conventions of subjects and disciplines. Civil society organisations [CSOs] are not bound to these conventions, operating in spaces connected to, but also 'outside' or 'other than', public institutions. These afford them new and different capabilities for bringing continuity and recognition to citizens' lived experiences. The seminars aim to articulate, with/through the expertise of CSOs, 'new publics': those collectives that emerge when care, peer support and learning are understood from the point of view of CSOs instead of public institutions.Practice theory challenges conventional individualistic or over-rationalistic explanations, exploring how what people and organisations do is shaped by routines and tools as well as by conscious choices. As a result it has been seen as relevant for trying to change ordinary practices, particularly (to date) in relation to climate change and, increasingly, public health. It also offers a way for organisations to think about their own work at a time when the boundaries of CSOs and statutory public services are being renegotiated. The seminar series will specifically aim to articulate the 'practices' that CSOs support communities and citizens to enact. These could be (eg) practices that: enable volunteers to support parents of children with additional needs; involve rights-based advocacy and campaigning; support individual wellbeing via a telephone helpline and 1-to-1 service. The seminars aim to work with local user communities to understand how 'knowing' is produced in practice across within and across organisational contexts, evaluate strength- or asset-based approaches like resilience, social capital, capabilities or capacity-building in health, youth work and social care, parental engagement practices in education, the place for community in the design and development of new technologies and data practices. The series is specifically rooted in local contexts. The University of Brighton has links with CSOs through its Community University Partnership Programme [CUPP], often noted as a model of excellent practice. All applicant HEIs research with and for CSOs and connect them with students for placements. However, involving them in other aspects of academic life, including theoretical reflection and development, is often more fraught or under-developed, as is making connections across different fields. This seminar series would build on these links, but extend partnerships to discuss the value of theories of practice for CSOs, inviting CSOs to think beyond their own domains, and to consider what/if they might learn from connecting with other CSOs and HEIs. It is open-ended and even tentative about what might emerge here.To enable genuine engagement by CSOs, we will offer small bursaries and innovate the structure of the series. We begin with a two-day face to face event bringing all participants (approx 40) together, co-delivered by CSO collaborators. Subsequent one-day seminars allow for virtual participation using webinar technologies. Each seminar will identify key ideas to be explored, exemplars, and relevant methods to promote. The series culminates in an intensive writing workshop (a 'book sprint') where a small, diverse group will collectively generate an e-book that explains the relevance of practice theory approaches to questions of civil society and its organisation, so that the learning from the series can be quickly disseminated, developed and contested.