"REPAIR IS A REVOLUTIONARY ACT"
- Rose Marcario, Patagonia CEO
THE CULTURE OF REPAIR PROJECT
The Restart Project is on the forefront of advancing repair of electronics in the UK, and beyond.
THE WORK
Efforts are currently focused on bringing repair into K - 12 schools and educational non-profits.
Supporting the development of new educational programs and materials designed to be shared is of particular interest.
Complementing that work, the Project supports local community repair events, advocates for repair at the state and local levels, and, as always, promotes repair as a social value whenever and wherever there’s an opening.
Details → The Work
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iFixit helps people fix their stuff by offering free repair manuals and fixit tutorials. "Repair is noble."
RESEARCH — THE EAST BAY
The work emerges from research into current conditions and opportunities in The East Bay.
The principal questions are:
Who’s thinking about repair and what are they thinking about?
Who's not thinking about repair but should be?
What needs to be done to move us along?
Details → East Bay Research and Initiatives
All ages at one of eight associated Repair Cafés in the Hudson Valley, NY
BIG PICTURE RESEARCH
& WORLDWIDE INITIATIVES
The work is informed by "big picture" research.
The principal questions are:
How do we understand repair in the larger scheme of things?
What are the forces working for and against repair, and how do we work with them?
What difference does repair make?
The Culture of Repair Project is further informed by examining initiatives in other places, asking:
How might projects and ideas elsewhere be relevant to The East Bay, and to other parts of the world?
Is there an opportunity for mutually beneficial collaboration and sharing resources?
What ripple effect might be possible from supporting individual initiatives ?
Details → Big Picture Resources and Worldwide Initiatives
Details → Big Picture Research Concerns
The Fixers' Collective in Brooklyn, NY emerged out of an art project.
THE CULTURE OF REPAIR PROJECT
Words worth spending some time with...
Kintsugi — "golden joinery" — "... the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum, a method similar to the maki-e technique. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise." (wikipedia) — also: boro, wabi-sabi, shibui, and mottainai