Social practice theory

Social practice theory

Social Practice theory is a framework for social science researchers who attempt to describe how individuals in different societies across the globe, shape and are shaped by cultural atmosphere in which they live.It attempts to articulate the ways in which identity and individual agency rely on and produce cultural forms.

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