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The Maintainers is a global research and practice network that is focused on advancing maintenance, repair, and care. We convene interdisciplinary change-makers, researchers, practitioners, and every-day people who center maintenance, repair, and care and the myriad forms of labor, expertise, and infrastructure that sustain our human built world.

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We work with the Maintainers community in a range of ways. We host monthly maintenance accountability sessions, network meet-ups to share knowledge, and more. We love spotlighting Maintainers, sharing interviews and other maintenance conversations on our blog. You can join our community channels to learn about or share maintenance, repair and care happenings — think of it as your local grocery store’s bulletin board. We also love to meet up with maintenance practitioners, researchers, and community organizers for a virtual coffee chat to discuss how our projects align, share strategies, meta-maintenance and more. Choose from the menu below to find out more.

Recent Posts

A visit to the Greenpoint Tool Library: repair economies, object lending, and new production paradigms in times of climate change.

  “The time has come for us to reimagine everything.” Grace Lee Boggs It is well-known among library professionals that in our neoliberal world,  it would be impossible to invent libraries now if they hadn’t already existed since antiquity. Our … More →

Fixing the Broken Care Economy

Guest Blog post written by Elias Crim   In a turbulent socio-political moment, it seems like a good time for us to dream out loud together.  Let’s talk about what could happen if the vision of the maintenance movement and … More →

Call for Applicants: 2025 Maintainers Impact Fellowship

Applications now closed for the Impact Fellowship. The Maintainers is a global research and practice network focused in advancing maintenance, repair, and care. We convene interdisciplinary change-makers, researchers, practitioners, and every-day people who center maintenance, repair, and care and the … More →

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