Hey all, thanks for the attention and comments. A slightly updated version of this text was published in Tvergastein (walled garden version here - https://www.academia.edu/20808625/Gambiarra_Repair_Culture , anyone interested in the PDF please let me know). And indeed, I have not explored that the "repair" side of it that much. More recently, I've been trying to think of "transformation of matter" to frame a wider field that would encompass digital making, arts & crafts, repair, maintenance, customization and others. I wrote another two texts last year while researching that perspective: Transformed Worlds (https://medium.com/@felipefonseca/transformed-worlds-9a6bd7c... ) and Knowledge, Skill and Labor (https://medium.com/@felipefonseca/knowledge-skill-and-labor-... ). I'd love to read everyone's thoughts on those as well.
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