Cleanliness and consumption: exploring material and social structuring of domestic cleaning practices

摘要: In line with increasing international trends of energy efficient devices on the market and in households, domestic consumption water should be decreasing. However Sweden, per capita is not decreasing rapidly actually increasing. This suggests that physical contexts are only factor shaping resource demand. People also influenced by collective conventions; what we think normal has a significant say do, resources consume course everyday life. paper explores way context shapes people do from both material infrastructures social perspective, using cleanliness Sweden as case study. First, mapped, including device ownership, water, time consumed related to cleanliness. Second, qualitative interviews Swedish aim show structuring Understanding interplay between structures potential implications for intensity