• For him, activities are not produced by consciousness.
• It is rather through practices that both consciousness and structure are produced.
• Giddens is interested in practical consciousness and it is more important in structuration theory.
• Practical consciousness involves actions that the actors take for granted, without being able to express in words what they are doing.
• When we focus on practical consciousness, we can transit our attention from actor (agent) to agency: The things that actors actually do.
• With the concept of agency, people became an active (not passive) character. They can make a decision, or they are different with each other.
• People (actors) are active. But there are also constraints.
• Giddens is interested in the fact that actions often end up being different from what was intended. He called it “unintended consequences.”