Ethico-Aesthetic Repairs

Reeves-Evison, Theo and Rainey, Mark Justin (2018) Ethico-Aesthetic Repairs. Third Text, 32 (150). pp. 1-15. ISSN 0952-8822 (Print) 1475-5297 (Online)

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Abstract

Repairs, like many of the people who carry them out, often constitute an invisible background that ensures the smooth functioning of everyday life-worlds. This extended introduction instead places them centre stage, situating the theory and practice of repair at the intersection of a number of different fields, from Science and Technology Studies to the Medical Humanities. It explores the role repair plays in the layered history of various objects and social forms, from technological devices and artworks, to post-conflict cultures. Repair, it argues, is a practice that exists in relational webs of entanglement, where its power can be multiplied if supplemented with an ethics of care. Like the examples of repair it brings to light, the introduction seeks to hold heterogeneous fragments in relation, positing repair as a ‘material metaphor’ that is invaluable for posing questions in a range of disciplinary arenas.

Item Type: Article
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/09528822.2018.1448516
Dates:
DateEvent
4 April 2018Published Online
4 January 2018Accepted
Subjects: CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-01 - creative arts and design > CAH25-01-02 - art
CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-01 - creative arts and design > CAH25-01-05 - others in creative arts and design
Divisions: Faculty of Arts, Design and Media > Birmingham Institute of Creative Arts > Birmingham School of Art
Depositing User: Theo Reeves-Evison
Date Deposited: 18 Apr 2018 09:09
Last Modified: 12 Jan 2022 17:20
URI: https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5811

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