'After' the practice turn: an Invitation to reflexive entrepreneurship studies

In recent times, practice-based approaches have gained momentum as theoretical tools to understand entrepreneurship. Even if this project is far from finished, in this paper we argue that it needs its own critical assessment by zooming in on one of the major implications which comes with taking the practice turn, namely the question of reflexivity. Drawing on Bourdieu’s conception of reflexivity which forms an inherent part of this theory of practice, we delineate the importance of incorporating this notion in how we further develop and expand the practice turn in entrepreneurship studies. In particular, we point at Bourdieu’s idea of the scholastic space – the social and intellectual unconscious embedded in our research and analytical tools – to inform how practice theory can stimulate reflexive research in the context of entrepreneurship. In conclusion, we argue that the practice turn-cum-reflexivity can form an invitation to transform entrepreneurship research into a reflexive entrepreneurship studies.