Krebs, Stefan (Author)
Weber, Heike (Author)
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Repair, reuse, and disposal are closely interlinked phenomena related to the lives and persistence of technologies. When technical artifacts become old and outworn, decisions have to be taken: is it necessary, worthwhile or even possible to maintain and repair or to reuse or dismantle them--or must one dispose of them? These decisions depend on factors such as the availability of second-hand markets, repair infrastructures, and dismantling or disposal facilities. Telling the stories of, among others, China's power grid, Colombian roads, American telephones, German automobiles, and India's ship breaking business, the contributions in this volume stress the long lives of technologies and show that maintenance and repair are not obsolete in modern industries and consumer societies.
...MoreReview Kevin L. Borg (2023) Review of "The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal". Technology and Culture (pp. 936-937).
Chapter Ayushi Dhawan (2021) The Persistence of SS France: Her Unmaking at the Alang Shipbreaking Yard in India. In: The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal (pp. 263-286).
Chapter Lucsko, David N. (2021) “Proof of Life”: Restoration and Old-Car Patina. In: The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal (pp. 205-232).
Chapter Lotysz, Slawomir (2021) A Bargain or a “Mousetrap”? A Reused Penicillin Plant and the Yugoslavians’ Quest for a Healthier Life in the Early Post-War Era. In: The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal (pp. 185-204).
Chapter Karsten Marhold (2021) Of Buses, Batteries and Breakdowns: The Quest to Build a Reliable Electric Vehicle in the 1970s. In: The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal (pp. 163-184).
Chapter Krebs, Stefan (2021) Maintaining the Mobility of Motor Cars: The Case of (West) Germany, 1918–1980. In: The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal (pp. 139-162).
Chapter Mariya Petrova; Straeten, Jonas van der (2021) Building, Maintaining and Improving One’s Own House in Soviet Samarkand, 1957–1991. In: The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal (pp. 111-138).
Chapter Hadlaw, Jan (2021) Business as Usual: Telephone Repair and Maintenance at the Bell Telephone Company of Canada. In: The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal (pp. 87-110).
Chapter Lean, Thomas (2021) Changing Perceptions of Repair and Maintenance: Reflections from the Oral History of the Electricity Supply Industry in the UK. In: The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal (pp. 69-86).
Chapter Ying Jia Tan (2021) Repairing China’s Power Grid Amidst Perpetual Warfare, 1937–1955. In: The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal (pp. 51-68).
Chapter Weber, Heike; Krebs, Stefan (2021) Rethinking the History of Repair: Repair Cultures and the “Lifespan” of Things. In: The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal (pp. 27-50).
Chapter Krebs, Stefan; Weber, Heike (2021) The Persistence of Technology: From Maintenance and Repair to Reuse and Disposal. In: The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal (pp. 9-26).
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