Evolving practice bundles and the dynamics of adequacy in summer cottage living
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13143935 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hannele Toivonen (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology), Jenny Rinkinen (0000-0002-0160-6886, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1-17 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Consumption and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2752-8499 • E-ISSN: 2752-8499 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/27528499y2025d000000059 |
| OpenAlex | W4415148147 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Summer cottages are a long-standing yet evolving part of Finnish culture, traditionally associated with less resource-intensive living than primary homes. Over time, these secondary rural spaces have increasingly incorporated infrastructures and practices associated with primary home convenience. This study investigates how resource use in cottage life evolves through changing bundles of social practices. Using archived writings of cottage memories, stories and experiences, we explore how evolving practice bundles are shaped by and shape the dynamics of adequacy. The study introduces the concept of adequacy to explain how certain practices become dominant or reconfigured during change points, such as ageing, shifts in household composition or infrastructural development. We identify four key dynamics through which the adequacy status of practices shifts or remains within the bundle of summer cottage practices: (1) socio-temporal change points, such as ageing or shifts in family composition; (2) the introduction of new technologies and infrastructures; (3) the pull of (in)convenience as a structuring force in the reconfiguration of practices; and (4) the persistence and resilience of existing practice bundles. These dynamics illustrate how practice bundles evolve in a multilocal living context, with implications for both resource use and sufficiency-oriented policy interventions. This study contributes to practice theoretical understanding of secondary spaces, as well as to sufficiency research, by describing processes leading to more or less resource-intensive forms of practices and second home living in Finland. It also provides insights into the challenges and opportunities for promoting sufficiency solutions in the context of multilocal everyday life
Context (archaeology · Dynamics (music · Everyday life · Practice theory · Psychological resilience · Resource (disambiguation · Social dynamics · Structuring · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Rural development and sustainability
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |