Professor Benedetta Cappellini's Outputs (6)

Meal for Two: A Typology of Co-performed Practices (2021)
Journal Article
Khanijou, R., Cappellini, B., & Hosany, S. (2021). Meal for Two: A Typology of Co-performed Practices. Journal of Business Research, 134, 675-688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.05.054

Drawing on practice theory, this ethnographic study investigates how meal practices are co-performed by 13 newly cohabiting couples. Findings reveal how practices previously performed by individual consumers become co-performed through a synergetic a... Read More about Meal for Two: A Typology of Co-performed Practices.

Intensive Grandmothering? Exploring the Changing Nature of Grandmothering in the Context of Changes to Parenting Culture (2021)
Journal Article
Harman, V., Cappellini, B., & Webster, M. (2022). Intensive Grandmothering? Exploring the Changing Nature of Grandmothering in the Context of Changes to Parenting Culture. Sociology, 56(1), 38-54. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385211034983

This paper explores the ways in which the intensification of parenting and the notion of children at risk have influenced grandmothers’ narratives and practices. Interviews with grandmothers who regularly look after their grandchildren, reveal that t... Read More about Intensive Grandmothering? Exploring the Changing Nature of Grandmothering in the Context of Changes to Parenting Culture.

Family practices and temporality at breakfast: hot spots, convenience and care (2021)
Journal Article
Pirani, D., Harman, V., & Cappellini, B. (2022). Family practices and temporality at breakfast: hot spots, convenience and care. Sociology, 56(2), 211-226. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385211015563

Drawing on 34 semi-structured interviews, this study investigates the temporality of family practices taking place in the hot spot (Southerton, 2003). It does so by looking at how breakfast is inserted in the economy of family time in Italy. Our data... Read More about Family practices and temporality at breakfast: hot spots, convenience and care.

Coping with Coping: International migrants’ experiences of the Covid-19 lockdown in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Yen, D., Cappellini, B., Yang, H., & Gupta, S. (2021). Coping with Coping: International migrants’ experiences of the Covid-19 lockdown in the UK. British Journal of Management, 32(4), 1219-1241. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12512

Globally, policy makers have overlooked the challenges faced by international migrants in host countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. The policies and support systems designed by host governments highlight the lack of social justice and raise concer... Read More about Coping with Coping: International migrants’ experiences of the Covid-19 lockdown in the UK.

Foodwork and Foodcare in Hard Times: Mothering, Value and Values (2021)
Journal Article
Parsons, E., Harman, V., & Cappellini, B. (2024). Foodwork and Foodcare in Hard Times: Mothering, Value and Values. Gender, Work and Organization, 31(3), 937-953. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12630

In this article, we analyze the foodwork of mothers when feeding their families on low and reduced incomes. By exploring their accounts of food shopping and household budgeting, we argue that foodwork is intrinsically linked to other areas of social... Read More about Foodwork and Foodcare in Hard Times: Mothering, Value and Values.

Subjectivities in motion: Dichotomies in consumer engagements with self-tracking technologies (2021)
Journal Article
Zakariah, A., Hosany, S., & Cappellini, B. (2021). Subjectivities in motion: Dichotomies in consumer engagements with self-tracking technologies. Computers in Human Behavior, 118, Article 106699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106699

With the rise of self-tracking technologies (STT), self-quantification has become a popular digital consumption phenomenon. Despite recent academic interests, self-tracking practices remain poorly understood, in particular, little is known on how con... Read More about Subjectivities in motion: Dichotomies in consumer engagements with self-tracking technologies.