Practice-theoretical research angles for a swapshop ethnography

Brainstormed angles where practice theory specifically illuminates a freeshop/swapshop, mapped to thesis sections and corpus.

1. What kind of practice is brīvbode-going? Bundled (acquisition + leisure + sociality + divestment + sustainability work) — fuzzy-edged practice question per Warde #RZ8QTE Shove/Pantzar/Watson #5AXAEJ Relates to #DRG56U #HVUVSF

2. Recruitment and practitioner careers — first visit → regular → volunteer #EU3EU3 Spaargaren & Fraanje #LB72BP Hargreaves #XAYNBH Empirical anchor: #9E3XG9 #HXL6UJ

3. Brīvbode reconfigures elements of adjacent household practices (storage, laundering, repair, gifting, decluttering). Most directly: Evans/Jackson/Beswick-Parsons #V9QTJP Section #3AYA88 already starts this.

4. Divestment as taught, moralised, skilled practice — brīvbode as a site that produces divestment competence. Holmes & Ehgartner #XUHRZA Cherrier #MNFABA Sections 5.11–5.20.

5. Constraint as generative element — the unchosen assortment becomes a meaning-and-skill-shaping element. Sections #RVHPZJ #LUVCXY #HVUVSF Le Normand #TBPJS6 Boks et al. #UB9EAT touch but don’t name it. Potentially original contribution.

6. Invisible work that reproduces the practice (curation, triage, norm-policing). Larsen #HJXUZN /#SHZ6RT, Evans #V9QTJP Strongest empirical contribution direction in draft.

7. Temporality and rhythm — flows, shelf half-life, witnessing circulation #CV2YSA season. Currently underdeveloped beyond #EU5CWJ Shove/Trentmann/Wilk #3N7TTE Rosenthal #UGBANU

8. Practice theory vs care / material-semiotic alternatives — brīvbode’s care/rescue #NHJS72 exceeds bare PT. Evans “After Practice?” #4EFC4F Närvänen #BQ2W57 Fuentes & Tölg #AVNZLE Puig de la Bellacasa #UTUMYN Tension already flagged in #2PLBS9 Strongest theoretical contribution direction.

9. Quiet sustainability as a practice-level claim, not attitude change. Smith & Jehlička #WVG7HV Mašek #MRANHJ Kuppinger #4Y4DVC Anchor: #A4RDB5

Prioritisation for thesis-finishing: (3) household reconfiguration, (5) constraint as element, (8) PT’s limits at a moral-economy site — empirical strength + novelty.