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The effects of teleworking on CO2 emissions from commuting: baselining key data to investigate transformative change in living labs 远程办公对通勤二氧化碳排放的影响：以关键数据为基础，研究生活实验室的转型变化

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2024-06-17 DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2024d000000019

Noah Balthasar, Timo Ohnmacht, Jana Z’Rotz, Laura Hostettler Macias, Patrick Rérat

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The role of practical knowledge in keeping existing systems: a qualitative study of Finnish homeowners with oil heating 实用知识在保留现有系统中的作用：对芬兰燃油供暖业主的定性研究

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2024-05-20 DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2024d000000018

Tuija Kajoskoski

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Strong daily routinisation, weak energy flexibility: a survey study of the stability and adaptability of everyday energy practices 日常惯例性强，能源灵活性弱：关于日常能源做法稳定性和适应性的调查研究

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2024d000000012

A. R. Hansen, Line Valdorff Madsen, Kirsten Gram-Hanssen

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Can sufficiency become the new normal? Exploring consumption patterns of low-income groups in Norway 自给自足能否成为新常态？探索挪威低收入群体的消费模式

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2024-02-12 DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2024d000000009

Marius Korsnes, Gisle Solbu

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Can sufficiency become the new normal? Exploring consumption patterns of low-income groups in Norway 自给自足能否成为新常态？探索挪威低收入群体的消费模式

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2024-02-12 DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2024d000000009

Marius Korsnes, Gisle Solbu

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Understanding interrelated practices and their climate-related consequences: exploring food, mobility and housing in everyday life 了解相互关联的做法及其与气候相关的后果：探讨日常生活中的食物、流动性和住房问题

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2024-02-08 DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2024d000000010

Caroline Samson

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Understanding interrelated practices and their climate-related consequences: exploring food, mobility and housing in everyday life 了解相互关联的做法及其与气候相关的后果：探讨日常生活中的食物、流动性和住房问题

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2024-02-08 DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2024d000000010

Caroline Samson

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The logic of choice and the logic of care: conceptualising ethics within everyday food consumption practices 选择的逻辑与关爱的逻辑：日常食品消费实践中的道德概念化

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2023-12-04 DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2023d000000003

Outi Koskinen, Mikko Jauho

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Doing (food) without meat? Accomplishing substitution and qualifying substitutes in household food practices 不吃肉做(食物)?在家庭食品实践中实现替代和鉴定替代品

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2023-08-09 DOI: 10.1332/apsq9102

Johannes Volden

{"title":"Doing (food) without meat? Accomplishing substitution and qualifying substitutes in household food practices","authors":"Johannes Volden","doi":"10.1332/apsq9102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1332/apsq9102","url":null,"abstract":"Excessive meat consumption is associated with environmental, ethical and public health concerns. Substituting meat with plant-based alternatives has been located as a key strategy for consumers to reduce their meat intake. While a growing body of research seeks to measure consumers’ acceptance of substitute foods, less attention has been paid to how meat substitution is organised through everyday practices. Based on 50 interviews with consumers with varying levels of meat consumption in Norway, this paper explores how substitution is accomplished in everyday life, and how substitutes are leveraged in the project of meat reduction. A theoretical framework connecting theories of social practice and food qualification allowed investigating substitution as a contextually contingent process rather than the outcome of a simple product swap. The paper finds that many participants were open to the idea of meat substitution, and meatless meals could be acceptable and often desirable. However, substitution was complicated by a prevalent scepticism towards prefabricated substitute products and lacking competence to provide home-cooked alternatives fulfilling expectations in established food practices. The paper argues that ‘qualifying’ foods as substitutes depends on a range of factors beyond the material reconstruction of meatiness present in prefabricated products, problematising the idea of substitution as a straightforward strategy for meat reduction so long as consumers are motivated and/or have access to plant-based options. Shifting consumption from meat to plant-based alternatives require fundamental changes in the organisation of food environments and eating practices beyond measures targeting consumer attitudes or increasing the availability of convenient substitute products.","PeriodicalId":443072,"journal":{"name":"Consumption and Society","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124434267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Towards plantification: contesting, negotiating and re-placing meaty routines 走向种植:竞争，谈判和取代肉类惯例

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2023-08-09 DOI: 10.1332/wpkf9257

A. Hansen, U. Wethal, S. Efstathiou, Johannes Volden

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