The Work Of Repair
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Author | : Ignaz Strebel |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2018-12-14 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9811321108 |
This pioneering book homes in on repair as an everyday practice. Bringing together exemplary ethnographies of repair work around the world, it examines the politics of repair, its work settings and intricate networks, in and across a wide range of situations, lay and professional. The book evidences the topical relevance of situated inquiry into breakdown, repair, and maintenance for engaging with the contemporary world more broadly. Airplanes and artworks, bicycles and buildings, cars and computers, medical devices and mobile phones, as virtually any commodity, infrastructure or technical artifact, have in common their occasional breakdown, if not inbuilt obsolescence. Hence the point and purpose of closely examining how and when they are fixed.
Author | : Elizabeth Spelman |
Publisher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2003-10-20 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9780807020111 |
We live in a world constantly in need of repair. Our cars break down. Marriages weaken, friendships sour, ties between nations are rent. Yet we fix things and relationships all the time, without giving these activities much thought. Repair is the first book to offer an in-depth exploration of this core aspect of human life.
Author | : Christopher R. Henke |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2020-10-13 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0262360683 |
An investigation of the causes and consequences of the strange, ambivalent, and increasingly central role of infrastructure repair in modern life. Infrastructures--communication, food, transportation, energy, and information--are all around us, and their enduring function and influence depend on the constant work of repair. In this book, Christopher Henke and Benjamin Sims explore the causes and consequences of the strange, ambivalent, and increasingly central role of infrastructure repair in modern life. Henke and Sims offer examples, from local to global, to investigate not only the role of repair in maintaining infrastructures themselves but also the social and political orders that are created and sustained through them.
Author | : Aaron Perzanowski |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 367 |
Release | : 2022-02-08 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1108837654 |
The Right to Repair reveals how companies stop us from fixing our devices and explains how we can fight back.
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Publisher | : Association of Research Libr |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Academic libraries |
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Author | : Paul Farmer |
Publisher | : University of California Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2019-11-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0520321154 |
Doctor and social activist Paul Farmer shares a collection of charismatic short speeches that aims to inspire the next generation. One of the most passionate and influential voices for global health equity and social justice, Farmer encourages young people to tackle the greatest challenges of our times. Engaging, often humorous, and always inspiring, these speeches bring to light the brilliance and force of Farmer’s vision in a single, accessible volume. A must-read for graduates, students, and everyone seeking to help bend the arc of history toward justice, To Repair the World: challenges readers to counter failures of imagination that keep billions of people without access to health care, safe drinking water, decent schools, and other basic human rights champions the power of partnership against global poverty, climate change, and other pressing problems today overturns common assumptions about health disparities around the globe by considering the large-scale social forces that determine who gets sick and who has access to health care discusses how hope, solidarity, faith, and hardbitten analysis have animated Farmer’s service to the poor in Haiti, Peru, Rwanda, Russia, and elsewhere leaves the reader with an uplifting vision: that with creativity, passion, teamwork, and determination, the next generations can make the world a safer and more humane place.
Author | : Arthur W. Johnson |
Publisher | : Thames & Hudson |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Bookbinding |
ISBN | : |
Teaches book repair and cleaning techniques, and discusses chemical treatments and archive preservation.
Author | : Francisco Martínez |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 339 |
Release | : 2019-09-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1789203325 |
Exploring some of the ways in which repair practices and perceptions of brokenness vary culturally, Repair, Brokenness, Breakthrough argues that repair is both a process and also a consequence which is sought out—an attempt to extend the life of things as well as an answer to failures, gaps, wrongdoings, and leftovers. This volume develops an open-ended combination of empirical and theoretical questions including: What does it mean to claim that something is broken? At what point is something broken repairable? What are the social relationships that take place around repair? And how much tolerance for failure do our societies have?
Author | : John Wackman |
Publisher | : New World Library |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2020-10-27 |
Genre | : House & Home |
ISBN | : 1608686604 |
Every year, millions of people throw away countless items because they don't know how to fix them. Some products are manufactured in a way that makes it hard, if not impossible, for people to repair them themselves. This throwaway lifestyle depletes Earth's resources and adds to overflowing landfills. Now there's a better way. Repair Revolution chronicles the rise of Repair Cafes, Fixit Clinics, and other volunteer-run organizations devoted to helping consumers repair their beloved but broken items for free. Repair Revolution explores the philosophy and wisdom of repairing, as well as the Right to Repair movement. It provides inspiration and instructions for starting, staffing, and sustaining your own repair events. "Fixperts" share their favorite online repair resources, as well as tips and step-by-step instructions for how to make your own repairs. Ultimately, Repair Revolution is about more than fixing material objects: in an age of over-consumption and planned obsolescence, do-it-yourself repair is a way of caring for our lives, our communities, and our planet.
Author | : Zach Brittle |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2015-07-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781514891612 |
The Relationship Alphabet is an alphabetical survey of relationship topics based on the research of Dr. John Gottman. The book includes insights on communication, conflict management and friendship building. Practical discussion questions make it easy to turn ideas into action.