[Themaintainers] Question from a journalist

[Shu Changxue]

Hi Lynn,

My recent work "Towards Modern Ceramics in China" might fit into your
scenario. My starting point, more than ten years ago, was to maintain and
raise awareness of very inconspicuous architecture built in bricks. As the
investigation went on, it has revealed a very "innovative" history about
modern ceramics in China:  brick was actually the starting point and motive
force of Chinese ceramics shifting to a novel paradigm.

The story, in part, is synthesized in a forthcoming article titled "*Towards
modern ceramics in China: Engineering sources and the Manufacture céramique
de Shanghai.” in: Technology and Culture, v.61, n.2 (accepted on 5 Sep
2018, scheduled in April 2020)* (*ISSN: 0040-165X*, *E-ISSN:1097-3729*).

If you need more information please let me know!
Changxue


On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 11:25 AM Lynn Berger <lynn at decorrespondent.nl>
wrote:

> Hello Maintainers!
>
> Short version: I'm a journalist working on a story about the value of
> repetition and why we usually overlook it because we're more interested in
> novelty. I draw a parallel to how we tend to prefer innovation to
> maintenance and want to point out that this is silly, not least because
> maintenance is often a condition for innovation. And now I'm wondering: do
> the people on this list have some examples of when maintenance work led to
> new insights that led to innovation?
>
> Slightly longer version:
> My name is Lynn Berger and I've been on this list for some time. I have a
> PhD in communications from Columbia University (I studied 19th century
> photography and the law) but for the last six years I've been working as a
> journalist at De Correspondent, an online journalism platform based in
> Amsterdam. I cover technology and culture there; a few years ago I wrote a
> piece about the rediscovery of maintenance, with pride of place for the
> maintainers. (Those who read Dutch can find it here
> <https://decorrespondent.nl/6816/he-innovators-gamechangers-en-disrupters-vergeten-jullie-het-onderhoud-niet/227102304-f476506a>,
> and a short followup I wrote on repair, here
> <https://decorrespondent.nl/7414/waarom-het-recht-op-repareren-ons-allemaal-aangaat/247027066-a9e9bbdc>
> .)
>
> Currently I'm working on a story about the value of repetition and how we
> tend to overlook it because we're more interested in novelty. I draw a
> parallel to how we tend to prefer innovation to maintenance and want to
> point out that this is missing the point, not least because maintenance is
> often a condition for innovation.
>
> And now I'm wondering: do the people on this list have some examples of
> when maintenance work led to new insights that led to innovation?
>
> I'd be grateful for a few good and concrete examples. And for your time,
> of course!
>
> Thank you in advance and keep up the good work (!)
> Lynn.
>
> Lynn Berger
> De Correspondent <http://www.decorrespondent.nl/lynnberger>
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-- 
Dr. *SHU Changxue *舒畅雪
FWO Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow (postdoctoral)
University of Leuven
Faculty of Engineering Science: Department of Architecture (
http://www.asro.kuleuven.be)
Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (
http://set.kuleuven.be/rlicc)
Kasteelpark Arenberg 1
B-3001 Heverlee (Leuven) - Belgium
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