“In one view, practices are observed as culturally shaped units shaped by recurring patterns and thus identifiable. In the other view, practice in the sense of performance comes into view, in the execution of which a particular present unfolds continuously, which eludes complete calculability.”

„A battle is a practice formation, i.e. an execution composed of countless individual practices. Every single practice may be observable. Nevertheless, one should not renounce the perspective of the event ‘battle’ as a cumulation of practices. Only the praxeological approach turns a battle into more than a mere cipher for victory or defeat or two crossed swords on a history map.“

In fact, practices have no boundaries except those that the heuristic operation of a researcher establishes. Practice does not ‘exist’ in nature, researchers do not ‘find’ it; rather, practice is always conceptually constructed.”

“Let practices be socially recognized forms of activity, done on the basis of what members learn from others, and capable of being done well or badly, correctly of incorrectly.”

“Practices mediate social relationships. It is difficult to imagine a practice that does not bear on social relationships. Battles, for example, lead to death, injuries, loss, suffering, recognition, material gain etc. They have the potential to bring about profound change.“