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COVID-19 and its restrictions have had widely documented negative impacts for private and social rental sectors, internationally. Limited evidence exists about how the pandemic effects were experienced in alternative forms of renting such as housing cooperatives. Rental cooperatives, recognised for their principles of democratic control, education and training and concern for community, may offer different outcomes for members than more individually-oriented rental forms. This paper seeks to explore whether and how COVID-19 was responded to within cooperative rental housing models, and if the pandemic posed a challenge to cooperative principles. Using a social practices approach, the analysis first identifies cooperative members' formal and informal responses to COVID-19, and second explores the meaning of such activities in the pandemic context in Australia and Honduras cooperatives. The continuity of usual housing cooperative practices and pandemic measures were analysed via in-depth interviews with 15 residents. Findings indicate that cooperative responses acted to reduce negative impacts of the pandemic or to find effective solutions. Rental housing cooperative residents' lived experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, invite us to reflect on the role of housing cooperatives in the housing sector, the importance of collaborative housing models and the relevance of housing-based community resilience.
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RESUMO Este artigo busca investigar o papel do corpo na adoção de práticas sociais sustentáveis. Apoiando-se nas Teorias das Práticas Sociais, aponta para o papel da rotinização na manutenção de estilos de vida insustentáveis. Com base em um estudo de caso realizado em uma ecovila brasileira, demonstra que a existência de valores ambientais não leva as pessoas a automaticamente modificarem os seus comportamentos. A mudança das práticas cotidianas exige a modificação de hábitos e automatismos incorporados pela socialização na sociedade de consumo. A incorporação intencional de novas práticas é um processo que demanda tempo e um trabalho de percepção consciente, sendo facilitada quando existe um esforço explícito e articulado de mudança, compartilhado por um grupo social.
RESUMEN Este artículo pretende investigar el papel del cuerpo en la adopción de prácticas sociales sostenibles. Basándose en las Teorías de las Prácticas Sociales, señala el papel de la rutinización en el mantenimiento de estilos de vida insustentables. Basado en un estudio de caso realizado en una ecoaldea brasilera, demuestra que la existencia de valores ambientales no conduce a las personas a modificar automáticamente sus comportamientos. El cambio de las prácticas diarias exige la modificación de hábitos y automatismos incorporados por la socialización en la sociedad de consumo. La incorporación intencional de nuevas prácticas es un proceso que requiere tiempo y un trabajo de percepción consciente, facilitada cuando hay un esfuerzo explícito y articulado para el cambio, compartido por un grupo social.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the role of the body in the adoption of sustainable social practices. Based on Social Practice Theories, it indicates the role of routinization in the maintenance of unsustainable lifestyles. Grounded in a case study carried out in a Brazilian ecovillage, it shows that the existence of environmental values does not automatically lead people to change their behaviors. The transformation of daily practices demands a change in habits and automatisms embodied through one's socialization in the consumer society. The intentional embodiment of new practices is a process that demands time and a work of conscious perception, facilitated when there is an explicit and articulated change effort, shared by a social group.