[Themaintainers] Repair Work Ethnographies and a Request

[Robin Nagle]

That's very generous, Lara -- thank you!

On 20/Feb/19 15:57, Lara Houston wrote:
> Hi Robin
>
> As a contributor I quite agree, and it’s much less accessible than any 
> of us had hoped for when we set out with a different publisher. I 
> believe it reflects the difficulties of getting edited collections off 
> the ground today (and thanks to the editors for their careful work). 
> I’d be happy to share author-draft copies of my chapter if it happens 
> to be of interest to anyone on the list.
>
> Warm wishes, Lara
>
> On 20 February 2019 at 20:07:50, Robin Nagle (rn1 at nyu.edu 
> <mailto:rn1 at nyu.edu>) wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello, all--
>>
>> /Repair Work Ethnographies/ looks like it could be a wonderful work, 
>> but Palgrave has it on the market for $96.00 (Kindle for $94.00). 
>> Such a prohibitive cost means that it won't make course lists or even 
>> personal bookshelves any time soon, and it will even be a tough sell 
>> for libraries. I've never understood the logic of such a pricing 
>> strategy.
>>
>> -- Robin
>>
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>> /
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>> On 20/Feb/19 11:12, Lee Vinsel wrote:
>>> Hello, everybody.
>>>
>>> I can't remember if this has gone out to the list already, but I 
>>> wanted to draw (or re-draw) everyone's attention to new book on 
>>> repair work. Edited by Ignaz Strebel, Alain Bovet, and Phillipe 
>>> Sormani, /Repair Work Ethnographies: Revisiting Breakdown, 
>>> Relocating Materiality/ 
>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__books.google.com_books-3Fid-3DnXB-5FDwAAQBAJ-26source-3Dgbs-5Fnavlinks-5Fs&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=4OosntkXJLX6xA0pj7vLkw&m=-M-ZyKEWJY62QrTER_Cs0b41x18797Qrzqu25vZnuAY&s=G0_Tq90JKC6eU7mDLNYgUgvBh9HKB1Z2ApK7YCGUP7o&e=>draws 
>>> together about ten ethnographies, including several by folks who 
>>> have presented at or been involved in The Maintainers. I paste a 
>>> description of the volume below.
>>>
>>> This brings me to my request: in the coming months, The Maintainers 
>>> organization will be revamping its communications efforts, and we 
>>> would love to highlight new publications on maintenance, repair, 
>>> infrastructure, and related topics. So, if you or others have 
>>> something coming out, please let us know, and we will be happy to 
>>> promote the work! Thanks.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Lee
>>>
>>>
>>>   Repair Work Ethnographies: Revisiting Breakdown, Relocating
>>>   Materiality
>>>
>>> This pioneering book homes in on repair as an everyday practice. 
>>> Bringing together exemplary ethnographies of repair work around the 
>>> world, it examines the politics of repair, its work settings and 
>>> intricate networks, in and across a wide range of situations, lay 
>>> and professional. The book evidences the topical relevance of 
>>> situated inquiry into breakdown, repair, and maintenance for 
>>> engaging with the contemporary world more broadly. Airplanes and 
>>> artworks, bicycles and buildings, cars and computers, medical 
>>> devices and mobile phones, as virtually any commodity, 
>>> infrastructure or technical artifact, have in common their 
>>> occasional breakdown, if not inbuilt obsolescence. Hence the point 
>>> and purpose of closely examining how and when they are fixed.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Assistant Professor
>>> Department of Science, Technology, and Society
>>> Virginia Tech
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