Chapter Discreet practices in the city in the example of the covert consumption of “monkeys”

The article proposes the category of discrete practices, understanding it as social practices that allow individuals to engage in actions of which others should not currently be aware. An example of this phenomenon, which is strongly present in the Polish context, is covertly drinking vodka from sma...

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description The article proposes the category of discrete practices, understanding it as social practices that allow individuals to engage in actions of which others should not currently be aware. An example of this phenomenon, which is strongly present in the Polish context, is covertly drinking vodka from small glass bottles, known as “monkeys”, in public spaces. An analysis of that phenomenon allows to demonstrate how specific categories of consumers are excluded from the contemporary city simply because they consume alcohol in an improper manner, place, and time. Despite focusing on the “monkey” bottles, I also show why the category of discrete practices is cognitively functional and how it can help research the contemporary city, privacy, power relation and the processes of individualisation.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1564972025-03-07T15:22:21Z Chapter Discreet practices in the city in the example of the covert consumption of “monkeys” Krajewski, Marek city ethnographic research cultural anthropology city in an interdisciplinary perspective urban studies The article proposes the category of discrete practices, understanding it as social practices that allow individuals to engage in actions of which others should not currently be aware. An example of this phenomenon, which is strongly present in the Polish context, is covertly drinking vodka from small glass bottles, known as “monkeys”, in public spaces. An analysis of that phenomenon allows to demonstrate how specific categories of consumers are excluded from the contemporary city simply because they consume alcohol in an improper manner, place, and time. Despite focusing on the “monkey” bottles, I also show why the category of discrete practices is cognitively functional and how it can help research the contemporary city, privacy, power relation and the processes of individualisation. 2025-03-07T15:22:20Z 2025-03-07T15:22:20Z 2023 chapter ONIX_20250307_9788383314099_2147 9788383314099 9788383314082 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/156497 pol image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wul/catalog/book/763 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 10.18778/8331-408-2.06 The article proposes the category of discrete practices, understanding it as social practices that allow individuals to engage in actions of which others should not currently be aware. An example of this phenomenon, which is strongly present in the Polish context, is covertly drinking vodka from small glass bottles, known as “monkeys”, in public spaces. An analysis of that phenomenon allows to demonstrate how specific categories of consumers are excluded from the contemporary city simply because they consume alcohol in an improper manner, place, and time. Despite focusing on the “monkey” bottles, I also show why the category of discrete practices is cognitively functional and how it can help research the contemporary city, privacy, power relation and the processes of individualisation. 10.18778/8331-408-2.06 83bfe9c9-323d-4283-b087-d859fd9af314 9788383314099 9788383314082 65-94 open access
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Chapter Discreet practices in the city in the example of the covert consumption of “monkeys”
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ethnographic research
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