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 ‘The 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 Snider 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 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 →
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, we’ll take … More →
Announcing Embodying Degrowth: An Event with The Maintainers Movement Fellows
Thursday, December 15 2022 | 2–3 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 →
Announcing Engineering for Long Term Solutions – A Maintainers Movement Fellow Event with Long Now Boston, led by Tona Rodriguez-Nikl
Engineering for Long Term Solutions – The Challenge of our Times A Joint Conversation Event by The Maintainers and Long Now Boston led by Maintainers Movement Fellow Tona Rodriguez-Nikl Monday, June 6 2022 | 7:30PM EDT | Zoom doors open … More →
Solidarity is the only hope we have for saving our crumbling world
– 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 →