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Theaters of Alternative Industry: Hobbyist Repair Collectives and the Legacy of the 1960s American Counterculture

In: Design Thinking Research

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  • Daniela K. Rosner

    (Stanford University)

  • Fred Turner

    (Stanford University)

Abstract

This chapter describes initial results from an ethnographic study of design and engineering engagements in community-operated sites at which hobbyists mend and repair mass-produced goods. We conducted participant observation at seven repair events and two collectives in the San Francisco Bay area where consumer electronics are reassembled, and spoke with approximately eighty repair practitioners. Here we describe surprising connections between repair and social movements that, in turn, reveal deep ties between contemporary hobbyist repair and countercultural design practices of the 1960s. These links, we argue, open new and important areas for design research.

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  • Daniela K. Rosner & Fred Turner, 2015. "Theaters of Alternative Industry: Hobbyist Repair Collectives and the Legacy of the 1960s American Counterculture," Understanding Innovation, in: Hasso Plattner & Christoph Meinel & Larry Leifer (ed.), Design Thinking Research, edition 127, pages 59-69, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:undchp:978-3-319-06823-7_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-06823-7_5
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    1. Sabbaghi, Mostafa & Cade, Willie & Behdad, Sara & Bisantz, Ann M., 2017. "The current status of the consumer electronics repair industry in the U.S.: A survey-based study," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 116(C), pages 137-151.

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