Teorie praktyk jako alternatywa dla badań nad rodziną prowadzonych w Polsce

The main aim of the article is to present practice theories, the family practices theory and the concept of displaying families in particular, as an alternative framework for conducting family research. Although theories of practice and the associated perspective of doing families are an inspiration for Polish social researchers, the theoretical assumptions of these concepts – especially their most up-to-date versions – are rarely analyzed in a systematic way. In addition, the displaying families concept is hardly known as a research method. Meanwhile, it seems that the practice approach may be particularly valuable for researching contemporary family life for at least four reasons, which are presented in the third part of the article. The fi rst part of the article presents the main assumptions of practice theories, while in the second part the main assumptions of the theory of family practices and displaying families are outlined.