Nathan Proctor is the Senior Right to Repair Campaign Director with U.S. Public Interest Research Group. He has 15 years of experience running public interest advocacy campaigns, and also is the associate director of U.S. PIRG’s New Economy Program, seeking … More →
Bethany Nowviskie is Dean of Libraries and Professor of English at James Madison University. From 2015-2019, she directed the Digital Library Federation at CLIR (where she has also been a Distinguished Presidential Fellow) and served as a Research Associate Professor … More →
-By Lauren Dapena Fraiz From 2016 to 2019, The Maintainers conferences featured professionals from across a wide range of disciplines who came together to share their experiences on how maintenance was neglected in their field. They discussed how … More →
Overview The Maintainers Movement Fellowship advances the movement for maintenance thinking and action by bringing together individuals who are interested in identifying where this work is already happening. The Fellows will partner with The Maintainers to advance our vision for … More →
-By Rheanna Chen I used to pride myself in being “low maintenance”, but an important lesson I’ve learned this year is that maintenance is the bridge between care and repair. We can reflect on our own self care rituals … More →
-By Rheanna Chen Clearing ~ Martha Postlewaite “Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there patiently, until the song that is … More →
-By Rheanna Chen The three of us, Tracy, Gesiye and I, were tired. It was the last day of our six day hike across 25km of Trinidad’s Northern Range. We climbed the mountain- feeling it in our hamstrings and … More →
-By Leila Behjat and Sam Bennett We have been grappling with the role of repair and upkeep; with their perceived value and real financial cost within the built environment. It’s not news that we are in a climate crisis … More →
– By Tonatiuh Rodriguez- Nikl Introduction The Arroyo Seco (Dry Stream in Spanish) meanders down the San Gabriel mountains, into Pasadena, and later joins the Los Angeles River near Downtown. Over the course of two blog posts, we’ll take … More →
– By Maximillian Alvarez “We have to destroy the f***ing feelings of [selfishness] and build a new society based on solidarity” – Matthieu Bolle-Reddat, French train operator and Secretary General of the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) Cheminots … More →