Winter 2023 Quarterly Newsletter: Embodying Degrowth As A Practice Of Care š
View here: Embodying Degrowth As A Practice Of CareĀ Dear Maintainers, Weāre excited to announce the culminating project of 2022 the Maintainers Movement Fellowship. This project investigates practices related to degrowth, maintenance, and sustainability. Through interviews with practitioners, activists, and … More →
Fourth Quarterly Newsletter 2022: šØ Coloring Book, Guest Blog Post & Developing A Maintenance Mindset
View here: šØ Coloring Book, Guest Blog Post & Developing A Maintenance Mindset Summary: Weāve got an exciting new offering we couldnāt keep quiet any longer! Drumroll please…Ā š„ We are proud to announce to youĀ The Maintainers Coloring Book! Text and … More →
A Polemical Letter on Maintenance and Profit and Mr. David Pye
A Polemical Letter on Maintenance and Profit and Mr. David Pye Written by Guest Author Lee David Engdahl āThe art of design, which chooses that the things we use shall look as they do, has a very much wider … More →
Maintainers Spotlight: The Custodian Project, an interview with Evalynn Fae Taganna Romano
Maintainers Spotlight: The Custodian Project, an interview with Evalynn Fae Taganna Romano By Madison SniderĀ I first met Evalynn Fae Taganna Romano while recruiting participants for my dissertation research. I wanted to know how increasingly datafied built environments were impacting … More →
We are proud to announce to you The Maintainers Coloring Book! Text and illustrations in this coloring book are inspired by papers and presentations that were part of The Maintainers III: Policy, Practice, and Care conference program in 2019. The … More →
#MaintainersSpotlight In order to increase the visibility of maintenance efforts across all disciplines, we invite you to share your reflections and relationship to maintenance by submitting a blog post to spotlight a Maintainer or maintenance effort in your community. We … More →
Lessons of the Forest Part 2: Rest Your Weary Bones
-By Rheanna Chen The three of us, Tracy, Gesiye and I, were tired. It was the last day of our six day hikeĀ across 25km of Trinidadās Northern Range. We climbed the mountain- feeling it in our hamstringsĀ 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.Ā Itās not news that we are in a climate crisis … More →
A Trip Down the Arroyo Seco – A Microcosm of Infrastructure, Nature, and Society Part I
– 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, weāll take … More →
Announcing Embodying Degrowth: An Event with The Maintainers Movement Fellows
Thursday, December 15 2022 | 2ā3 PM EST | Register for the event here! Join The Maintainers Movement Fellows for an end-of-year celebration as they showcase their collaborative project, Embodying Degrowth. The 2022 Maintainers Movement Fellowship is a year-long … More →