edited by Ignaz Strebel, Alain Bovet, Philippe Sormani.
Basingstoke, Hampshire :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2018.
1 online resource :
illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro; Preface; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; 1 Introduction: When Things Break Down; Investigating Material Disruption and Repair Work in Situ; "Classic" Ethnographies of Repair Work; A New Collection of Repair Work Ethnographies; References; Part I Settings; 2 Repair Work as Inquiry and Improvisation: The Curious Case of Medical Practice; Introduction; The Routines of Breakdown and Repair in Anaesthesia; Repair, Inquiry, and Medical Work; Inquiry and Pragmatist Philosophy; Medical Work and Interactionist Sociology; Multiplicities of Repair in Medical Work
7 Inquiring and Experimenting with Urban Ecology: Pragmatist Lessons from Public Bicycle RepairIntroduction; Inquiry into 'Natural Breakdowns'; Making Invisible Breakdowns 'Visible'; Maintenance as Innovation; Maintaining and Inquiring About Users; Inquiry into 'Social Breakdowns'; The Notion of Non-user; Vélib' Faced with Mass Crowds; Conclusion: Urban Ecology as a Place for Experimentation and Inquiry; References; 8 Interruptions, Lunch Talks, and Support Circles: An Ethnography of Collective Repair in Steam Locomotive Restoration; Introduction; A Heritage Railway; Fieldwork
'Authorised' Sites and KnowledgeOnline Resources in Diagnosis: 'Nokia 6500 Restart & Off'; Introducing Software Repair; Finding Firmware; Searching GSM Forum; The Work of Searching; Globalised Phones, Trans-Local Repair Knowledge; Conclusion; References; 6 The Dance of Maintenance and the Dynamics of Urban Assemblages: The Daily (Re)Assemblage of Paris Subway Signs; Signs and Their Maintenance: The Wayfinding Assemblage of Paris Subway; The Dance of Maintenance; Reassembling; Conclusion; The Dynamics of Assemblages; Performing In/Visibilities; References
Connecting Medicine and Repair: Inquiry, Work, and Situated ActionMedical Repair Work as Improvisation; Improvisation and Situated Action; Improvisation and Skilful Practice; Improvisation and Socio-Technical Ensembles; Conclusion; References; 3 'A Good Enough Fix': Repair and Maintenance in Librarians' Digitization Practice; Introduction; Assessing Damage; Temporary Restoration; The Book Multiple; Maintaining Descriptions; Conclusion; References; 4 Job Done: What Repair Does to Caretakers, Tenants and Their Flats; Introduction; Orientations of Repair
Two Clearly Distinguishable Finishing Phases: "Finito" vs. "So It Is Finished uh?"Intertwined Finishing Phases-"Oh Now It Works Again" Followed by "the Key Was Not All the Way in"; Failed Finishing Phase-"I Don't Remove the Heating Rod, Now I Have to Figure Something Else Out"; Life After Repair; Repaired Tap, New Use; Unrepaired Oven, Provisional Use; Same Washing Machine, New Use; Repair as an Opportunity to Learn New Use; Conclusion; Bibliography; Part II Networks; 5 Mobile Phone Repair Knowledge in Downtown Kampala: Local and Trans-Local Circulations; Introduction; Literature Review
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Springer Nature
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Repair work ethnographies.
9789811321092
Material culture.
Repairing-- Social aspects.
Technology-- Social aspects.
Material culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.