Vol. 1 (2025)
Practice Theory: Past, Present, Future

Essays

Gendering Practices: Feminist Perspectives Transforming Practice Theory

Published 24-04-2025

  • Barbara Poggio

Barbara Poggio
Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento

Abstract

In this essay I intend to explore the intertwining of feminist and gender perspectives and practice theory, highlighting their mutual contributions and potential synergies. On the one hand, a practice-based approach offers a relevant framework for studying gender, shifting the focus of analysis to actual activities, situated actions, and material arrangements. On the other, feminist research, which has long proposed a conceptualisation of gender as social practice, can enrich the debate on practices, bringing to light the ways in which power and inequality are woven into the fabric of practices. Finally, I will attempt to outline some directions for future research that bridge practice theory and feminist research, foregrounding embodiment and the intertwining of power and materiality.

Keywords

feminism, gender, power, transformation

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