This is the first of two interrelated posts by the disability studies scholar Hanna Herdegen who is pursuing a PhD in Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech. When I was first diagnosed with POTS, my cardiologist suggested that I … More →
This post is by The Maintainers Co-Director Lee Vinsel. A couple of weeks ago I heard that joyful news that my Virginia Tech colleagues Jenni Case, Marie Paretti, and I were awarded a grant from the Institute for Society, Culture, … More →
The Maintainers has come a long way since Andy Russell and I co-founded it on accident, back in 2015. We thought it would be useful to share some reflections on how The Maintainers community has grown, and the values that … More →
The Maintainers organization – co-organized by Andrew Russell and Lee Vinsel – is pleased to announce that the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will be supporting some of its activities. With funding from the Sloan Foundation, we plan to build our … More →
In The Maintainers, we continue to be interested in companies working in the maintenance and repair space. Over the last few years, we’ve found a number of interesting young firms that are using digital technologies to transform maintenance practices. Today’s … More →
Today, we are excited to republish something originally posted in January 2017 over at the Strong Towns blog, “A Letter to POTUS on Infrastructure,” by Charles Marohn. When we first read Marohn’s letter, we found it both shocking and insightful, … More →
This week, we have been thinking a great deal about the relationship between infrastructure, maintenance, and natural environments and landscapes. The historian of technology Ann Norton Greene told one of our favorite stories about this nexus at the first Maintainers … More →
Today’s blog post is by Paul R. Schulman, a Senior Research Fellow at University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Catastrophic Risk Management. Paul originally wrote these ideas in response to Andy Russell’s and Lee Vinsel’s New York Times op-ed. We … More →