ATENA project: born to be outmoded. Emotions and the technopolitical construction of obsolescence in the history of computing

The following text was written by Ginevra Sanvitale, Research Fellow at Trinity Long Room Hub, […]

By Guest Author,

24 May 2024

News

Maintenance and repair as innovation? Software systems and the case of climate models

The following text was written by Matthias Heymann, Professor of Science Studies at Aarhus University, […]

By Guest Author,

17 May 2024

News

Repairing and Democratising Distance Education During COVID-19

The following text was written by Abdallah Zouhairi, Associate Researcher at the Hassan II University […]

By Guest Author,

10 May 2024

News

The broken world of refugee apps? Towards sustainability of mobile applications

The following text was written by Olga Usachova, Postdoc Researcher at the Norwegian University of […]

By Guest Author,

3 May 2024

News

Wasted Time/The Emergence of a Throwaway Culture Using the Example of Clocks and Watches

The following text was written by Thomas Schütz, Researcher at the University of Stuttgart, and […]

By Guest Author,

12 April 2024

News

The Politics of Everyday Repair Opportunities

The following text was written by Thomas Hoppenheit, PhD candidate in the REPAIR project, and […]

By Thomas Hoppenheit,

19 October 2023

News

Repair Work as Craft and Career: Insights from the Apprenticeship Journey in Classic Car Restoration

The following text was written by Ödül Bozkurt, Professor of Work and Employment at the […]

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26 September 2023

News

Maintaining Shoes/Feet

The following text was written by Chris Hesselbein, Junior Assistant Professor at the Politecnico di […]

By Guest Author,

8 June 2023

News

Materializing reflections: the production of research zines as a tool in studying repair and maintenance

The following text was written by Anaïs Bloch, researcher at the Geneva University of Art […]

By Guest Author,

18 May 2023

News

Iron Gates: A Study on Maintenance of the Hydro and Navigation System

The following text was written by Tijana Rupcic, PhD candidate at the Central European University, […]

By Guest Author,

3 May 2023

Final Conference

Conference report: Repairing Technology – Fixing Society

The following text was written by Aude Barthe-Monié, PhD candidate at the Institut d’Histoire, Université […]

By Guest Author,

25 April 2023

News

Tinkering and innovation in medicine: Ethnographic experiments for studying repair and maintenance

The following text was written by Anna Harris, Associate Professor at Maastricht University, and reflects […]

By Guest Author,

19 April 2023

News

Repairing a “smart” infrastructure: Sustainability orientations in tension between infrastructuring publics

The following text was written by Madison Snider, Research Fellow at Siegel Family Endowment, and […]

By Guest Author,

7 February 2023

News

Maintenance and Political Economy: Fixing Submarine Cables to Reinvent Transatlantic Capitalism

The following text was written by Jacob Ward, Assistant Professor in the History of Information, […]

By Guest Author,

7 December 2022

News

Forum Z: Reparieren gestern und heute

Auf diesem Forum Z erkunden wir Reparaturpraktiken gestern und heute. Von 10 bis 15 Uhr […]

By Stefan Krebs, Thomas Hoppenheit, Rebecca Mossop,

24 November 2022

Final Conference

Conference Program: Repairing Technology – Fixing Society?

International conference “Repairing Technology – Fixing Society?”, 13-14 October 2022 Organised by Thomas Hoppenheit, Stefan […]

By Rebecca Mossop,

6 September 2022

News

Publication: REPAIR Fanzine No. 2

We are very happy to announce the publication of our REPAIR fanzine no. 2! You […]

By Rebecca Mossop,

26 August 2022

Final Conference

Call for Papers Repairing Technology – Fixing Society? International conference at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) 13-14 October 2022

Failures and breakdowns constitute an important element in the fundamental relationship between users and technology, […]

By Stefan Krebs, Rebecca Mossop, Thomas Hoppenheit,

13 June 2022

News

Between Old and New: Modernising, Maintaining and Repairing Pneumatic Tube Systems

This is a guest article by Laura Meneghello, based on her presentation in our Histories […]

By Guest Author,

4 May 2022

News

Ghosts of iron and steel: Learning about loss in stories of industrial infrastructure
un-maintenance

This is a guest article by Amanda McMillan Lequieu, based on her presentation in our […]

By Guest Author,

1 April 2022

News

Spaces of Design & Repair in Twentieth Century Argentine Factories

This is a guest article by Yovanna Pineda, based on her presentation in our Histories […]

By Guest Author,

15 March 2022

Fixing the telephone

REPAIR Fanzine No. 2

After presenting part of our project “Repairing Technology – Fixing Society?” in our REPAIR fanzine […]

By Rebecca Mossop,

1 March 2022

Repair opportunities

Publication: REPAIR Fanzine No. 1

We are very happy to announce the publication of our REPAIR fanzine no. 1! You […]

By Thomas Hoppenheit, Guest Author,

28 February 2022

News

Repairing Innovation

This is a guest article by Sangwoon Yoo, based on his presentation in our Histories […]

By Guest Author,

14 February 2022

News

USI Workshop: Communication Maintenance in Longue Durée (24-25 Feb. 2022)

Workshop organised by Gabriele Balbi and Roberto Leggero (USI) Communication and media studies have just […]

By Stefan Krebs,

3 February 2022

News

Publication: “Questioning the Decline of Repair”

We (Thomas and Stefan) have published a paper “Questioning the Decline of Repair in the […]

By Stefan Krebs, Thomas Hoppenheit,

17 January 2022

News

Replacement and the History of Submarines

This is a guest article by Nils Theinert, based on his presentation with the Driburger […]

By Guest Author,

6 December 2021

News

Between Replacement and Addition: Maternal-fetal Surgery for Spina Bifida

This is a guest article by Sandra Gratwohl, based on her presentation with the Driburger […]

By Guest Author,

1 December 2021

News

Workshop Report: Histories of Maintenance and Repair (Day 1)

Following recent calls for a “history of technology-in-use” (D. Edgerton), “broken-world thinking” (S. Jackson) and […]

By Rebecca Mossop, Thomas Hoppenheit,

15 November 2021

News

Workshop Report: Histories of Maintenance and Repair (Day 2)

On the second day, five papers were presented in three panels. In the first panel […]

By Rebecca Mossop, Thomas Hoppenheit,

15 November 2021

News

Interview with Stefan Krebs on Delano

Jeff Palms from Delano, an English speaking news website and magazine in Luxembourg, has interviewed […]

By Stefan Krebs,

2 November 2021

News

Publication: “The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal”

“The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal”, co-edited by Stefan Krebs and […]

By Stefan Krebs,

14 September 2021

News

Join Us: Workshop “Histories of Maintenance and Repair” (2. – 3.9.2021)

Over the past fifteen years, maintenance and repair practices have gained increasing academic attention, but […]

By Stefan Krebs, Rebecca Mossop, Thomas Hoppenheit,

30 July 2021

News

Extended Deadline! CfP: «Communication Maintenance in Longue Durée»

Gabriele Balbi and Roberto Leggero are calling for abstracts for the workshop “Communication Maintenance in […]

By Guest Author,

14 July 2021

Repair & Environment

The Emergence of the Environmental Movement in Luxembourg and its Impact on Repair Practices

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Luxembourg repair café scene organised regular events in several towns […]

By Stefan Krebs,

30 September 2020

Repair opportunities

The Development of Urban Repair Networks: Luxembourg City and Esch-sur-Alzette

This sub-project traces change and continuity in urban repair opportunities in Luxembourg. From a comparative […]

By Thomas Hoppenheit,

29 September 2020

News

Repairing Radios: A Hands-on Approach to the History of Technology

Earlier this year the REPAIR team invited fellow historians and friends to their first hands-on […]

By Stefan Krebs, Rebecca Mossop, Thomas Hoppenheit,

18 May 2020

News

Call for Papers: Workshop «Histories of Maintenance and Repair»

We are calling for abstracts for our workshop on “Histories of Maintenance and Repair”, which […]

By Stefan Krebs, Rebecca Mossop, Thomas Hoppenheit,

28 January 2020

Fixing the telephone

Repairing and Maintaining a Large Technological System in Luxemburg

One of the three REPAIR sub-projects examines the repair and maintenance of the Luxembourg telephone […]

By Rebecca Mossop,

15 November 2019

ATENA project: born to be outmoded. Emotions and the technopolitical construction of obsolescence in the history of computing

Maintenance and repair as innovation? Software systems and the case of climate models

Repairing and Democratising Distance Education During COVID-19

The broken world of refugee apps? Towards sustainability of mobile applications

Wasted Time/The Emergence of a Throwaway Culture Using the Example of Clocks and Watches

The Politics of Everyday Repair Opportunities

Repair Work as Craft and Career: Insights from the Apprenticeship Journey in Classic Car Restoration

Maintaining Shoes/Feet

Materializing reflections: the production of research zines as a tool in studying repair and maintenance

Iron Gates: A Study on Maintenance of the Hydro and Navigation System

Conference report: Repairing Technology – Fixing Society

Tinkering and innovation in medicine: Ethnographic experiments for studying repair and maintenance

Repairing a “smart” infrastructure: Sustainability orientations in tension between infrastructuring publics

Maintenance and Political Economy: Fixing Submarine Cables to Reinvent Transatlantic Capitalism

Forum Z: Reparieren gestern und heute

Conference Program: Repairing Technology – Fixing Society?

Publication: REPAIR Fanzine No. 2

Call for Papers Repairing Technology – Fixing Society? International conference at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) 13-14 October 2022

Between Old and New: Modernising, Maintaining and Repairing Pneumatic Tube Systems

Ghosts of iron and steel: Learning about loss in stories of industrial infrastructure un-maintenance

Spaces of Design & Repair in Twentieth Century Argentine Factories

REPAIR Fanzine No. 2

Publication: REPAIR Fanzine No. 1

Repairing Innovation

USI Workshop: Communication Maintenance in Longue Durée (24-25 Feb. 2022)

Publication: “Questioning the Decline of Repair”

Replacement and the History of Submarines

Between Replacement and Addition: Maternal-fetal Surgery for Spina Bifida

Workshop Report: Histories of Maintenance and Repair (Day 1)

Workshop Report: Histories of Maintenance and Repair (Day 2)

Interview with Stefan Krebs on Delano

Publication: “The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal”

Join Us: Workshop “Histories of Maintenance and Repair” (2. – 3.9.2021)

Extended Deadline! CfP: «Communication Maintenance in Longue Durée»

The Emergence of the Environmental Movement in Luxembourg and its Impact on Repair Practices

The Development of Urban Repair Networks: Luxembourg City and Esch-sur-Alzette

Repairing Radios: A Hands-on Approach to the History of Technology

Call for Papers: Workshop «Histories of Maintenance and Repair»

Repairing and Maintaining a Large Technological System in Luxemburg

Ghosts of iron and steel: Learning about loss in stories of industrial infrastructure
un-maintenance