[Themaintainers] Question from a journalist

[Lynn Berger]

Dear all,

Wow, thanks a lot for all these excellent examples and thoughts! There are
even more sides to this topic of repetition than I thought :).
I'm sure I'll have fun exploring the various avenues (and might get back to
some of you for more information).

Happy Easter!
Lynn.


Lynn Berger
De Correspondent <http://www.decorrespondent.nl/lynnberger>
Barentzplein 7BG
1013 NJ Amsterdam
@LynnBerger1984 <https://twitter.com/LynnBerger1984>
06 24102193




On Sat, 20 Apr 2019 at 16:05, Shu Changxue <shuchangxue at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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>
>> Barentzplein 7BG
>> 1013 NJ Amsterdam
>> @LynnBerger1984 <https://twitter.com/LynnBerger1984>
>> 06 24102193
>>
>>
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> University of Leuven
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