Repair as a resource for resilience

We are looking at how repair activities can strengthen an individual, a community, and a society's resilience when perturbed by e.g. material shortages, supply chain disruptions, or restricted accessibility.

Repairing items can be the difference between having a functioning product at all or going without. Examples can be dramatic, like the life and death context of being able to repair ventilators during a pandemic, or important but day to day activities like family conflicts arising from an unrepairable dishwasher.