English Language & Usage Asked by henrycity on September 3, 2021
Through our practices, we create the reality (context) through which the former is influenced by the latter. ‘Social reality is practices’ (Taylor, 1985 cited in Schatzki, 2005: 470). Or, to put it differently, practices are the context to which they respond. Contexts are ‘nexuses of practices and material arrangements’ (Schatzki, 2005: 471). The context with its institutionalized meanings limits the possibilities to think and act (Berger and Luckmann, 1966). As a consequence, leaders are not free ‘to do whatever they want, but neither are they determined in their actions by the situations they find themselves in’ (Grint, 2005: 1490, emphasis added).
Drath, W.H. & Palus, C.J. (1994) Making Common Sense – Leadership as Meaning Making in a Community of Practice. Published as CCL Report no 156.
I am reading an article and trying to understand what this sentence " practices are the context to which they respond" means.
Does it mean the same as "practices are the context and practices respond to this context"?
I think it helps to consider the initial portion, about social reality.
The author(s) are saying that practices (e.g. etiquette, opportunity based on perceived stature, cultural norms observed at particular events) provide a context for social interaction and for society. Behaving according to such practices is what truly determines social reality.
Alternatives to established practices are irrelevant, i.e. there's no place for unique outcomes. Change probably doesn't happen spontaneously, not until it is encoded in practices. Practices provide the entire context for society. That's why social reality IS practices.
Answered by Ellie Kesselman on September 3, 2021
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