Social practice theories help to challenge the often hidden paradigms worldviews and values
at the basis of many unsustainable practices. Discourses and their boundaries define what is
seen as possible as well as the range of issues and their solutions. By exploring the
connections between practices and discourses Minna Kanerva develops a conceptual approach
enabling purposive change in unsustainable social practices. Radical transformation towards new
meatways is arguably necessary yet complex psychological ideological and power-related
mechanisms currently inhibit change.
