Sarah is a multidisciplinary artist, writer and cultural worker based in New Mexico & California. Her work engages the interaction between place, space, body, and the constructed borders within & between them. Their practice is an act of remembrance & … More →
Linda is an urban planner, award-winning freelance writer, and policy analyst based in New York City and western Michigan. Her interest in maintenance and long-term thinking, planning, and building is based on years of experience, with frequent bouts of widely … More →
Join us in welcoming our first cohort of Maintainers Movement Fellows for 2022! The Maintainers Movement Fellowship is a year-long fellowship that will advance the movement for maintenance thinking and action. The fellowship will bring together a group of individuals … More →
Welcome to our Maintenance Research Fellows Summer 2021!
We are thrilled to announce our cohort of Maintenance Summer Research Fellows for 2021! Over the course of the next two months, our Summer fellows will conduct research in their chosen maintenance sphere of interest. Their research will contribute to … More →
Devon Olson a Research and Education Librarian at the University of North Dakota, and serves as the Co-Facilitator for the Information Maintainers community. Devon is interested in the role of disciplinary epistemologies in information-seeking, regional and situated ways of knowing, … More →
Call for Maintenance Research Fellows – Summer 2021
Overview: The Maintainers (themaintainers.org) is a global research network interested in the concepts of maintenance, infrastructure, repair, and the myriad forms of labor and expertise that sustain our human-built world. We are seeking: Applicants for up to three research fellow … More →
I have been with The Maintainers since March 2022. I provide operational support for fellow and partnership led events and conduct strategic community outreach. Formerly, I worked at the leadership level of a national nonprofit supporting rural schools and teachers. … More →