{"id":8666,"date":"2021-08-04T11:05:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T09:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fr\/events\/histories-of-maintenance-and-repair\/"},"modified":"2021-08-04T11:05:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T09:05:31","slug":"histories-of-maintenance-and-repair","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fr\/events\/histories-of-maintenance-and-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"Histories of Maintenance and Repair"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\"><p><strong>International workshop<\/strong><\/p><p>Over the past fifteen years, maintenance and repair practices have gained increasing academic attention, but the literature in the fields of history and philosophy of technology, science and technology studies, sociology and anthropology of technology is still focused on invention and newness. Complementing recent calls for a history of technology-in-use (D. Edgerton), broken-world thinking (S. Jackson) and a history of technology \u201cafter innovation\u201d (A. Russell &#038; L. Vinsel), we are working on the first systematic historical investigation of repair and maintenance in a Western consumer society.<\/p><p>In the spirit of chasing this turn, we have invited international scholars to present their own take on the histories of maintenance and repair. These range from considering the philosophical implications of our studies, to understanding societies through their creative interaction with technology, or the maintenance of large technological systems, and beyond. For a detailed picture, please see the program below. Together we will discuss the challenges of the field, share our fascination for technology and people, and close the gap one story at a time.<\/p><p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"programme\"\n    >\nProgramme:<\/h3>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"day-1-thursday-2-september-2021-from-10-00-am-to-4-00-pm-online-via-webex\"\n    >\nDay 1: Thursday, 2 September 2021, from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm (Online via Webex)<\/h4>\n<p>10.00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Welcome by the organisers and introduction of participants<\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>Session 1: Philosophy of Repair<\/strong><\/p><p>11.00<\/p><p><i>Technology in Process: Maintenance and the Lives of Artifacts<\/i><\/p><p><strong>Mark Thomas Young<\/strong>, University of Bergen<\/p><p>11.45<\/p><p>Coffee break<\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>Session 2: Maintaining High-Tech (and Power)<\/strong><\/p><p>12.00<\/p><p><i>Innovation in Maintenance: Technical Achievements of Cleanroom Operators and Maintainers in Korean Semiconductor Production Line,1980s-2000s<\/i><\/p><p><strong>Sangwoon Yoo<\/strong>, Hanbat National University<\/p><p>12.45<\/p><p><i>The Brazilian \u00ab\u00a0Electronics Paradise:\u00a0\u00bb Repair Work, Expertise, and Global Connections in Santa Efig\u00eania<\/i><\/p><p><strong>Liliana Gil<\/strong>, New School for Social Research, New Yor<\/p><p>13.30<\/p><p>Lunch break<\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>Session 3: Repair Practices<\/strong><\/p><p>14.30<\/p><p><i>Makeshift Engineering: Repairing Machines, Crafting Knowledge and Maintaining Relationships with Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbine<\/i><\/p><p>K<strong>ostas Latoufis<\/strong> and <strong>Aristotle Tympas<\/strong>, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens<\/p><p>15.15<\/p><p><i>Gendered Spaces of Repair, Maintenance, and Knowledge Production in Argentina,Twentieth Century<\/i><\/p><p>Y<strong>ovanna Pineda<\/strong>, University of Central Florida<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"day-2-friday-3-september-from-10-00-am-to-4-00-pm-online-via-webex\"\n    >\nDay 2: Friday, 3 September, from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm (Online via Webex)<\/h4>\n<p>10.00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Summary of Day 1<\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>Session 1: Visual Inventory of Repair<\/strong><\/p><p>10.30<\/p><p><i>Mobile Repair Cultures: from Informal Repair to Silent Innovation, the Smartphone Case<\/i><\/p><p><strong>Ana\u00efs Bloch<\/strong>, HEAD-Gen\u00e8ve<\/p><p>11.15<\/p><p>Coffee break<\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>Session 2: Maintaining Infrastructures<\/strong><\/p><p>11.30<\/p><p><i>Between Old and New: \u201cModernizing\u201d, Maintaining and Repairing Pneumatic Tube Systems<\/i><\/p><p><strong>Laura Meneghello<\/strong>, Siegen University<\/p><p>12.15<\/p><p><i>Cultures and Costs of Maintenance. The Rise of Creosote and its Precarious Legacy<\/i><\/p><p><strong>Martin Meiske<\/strong>, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich<\/p><p>13.00<\/p><p>Lunch break<\/p><p>14.00<\/p><p><i>Imagining the Unmaintained Object: Industrial Transportation Infrastructure Decline as Narrative Symbol in the American Rust Belt<\/i><\/p><p><strong>Amanda McMillan Lequieu<\/strong>, Drexel University<\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>Session 3: Maintaining Everyday Repair Opportunities<\/strong><\/p><p>14.45<\/p><p><i>The Decline of Repair Businesses? Luxembourg\u2019s Repair Sector, 1971-1985<\/i><\/p><p><strong>Stefan Krebs <\/strong>and<strong> Thomas Hoppenheit<\/strong>, Luxembourg University<\/p><p>15.30<\/p><p>Closing remarks<\/p><p>16.00<\/p><p>End of the workshop<\/p><p><\/p><p>To join our (online) exchange, please register to <a href=\"mailto:vanessa.napolitano@uni.lu\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">vanessa.napolitano@uni.lu<\/a>. The Webex link will be given 1 or 2 days prior to the event.<\/p><p>Organisers: Stefan Krebs, Rebecca Mossop and Thomas Hoppenheit (Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History, C\u00b2DH)<\/p><p><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"phototheque-de-la-ville-de-luxembourg-photographer-pol-aschman\"\n    >\n\u00a9 Phototh\u00e8que de la Ville de Luxembourg (Photographer: Pol Aschman)<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International workshop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8667,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_image_focal_point":[],"show_featured_caption":false,"ulux_newsletter_groups":"","uluxPostTitle":"","uluxPrePostTitle":"","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"event_start_date":"2021-09-02 10:00:00","event_end_date":"2021-09-03 16:00:00","event_speaker_name":"","event_speaker_link":"","event_is_online":false,"event_location":"Hybrid event\r\nWebex and Salle Germain Dondelinger\r\nMaison du Savoir\r\n2, avenue de l'Universit\u00e9\r\nL-4365 Esch-sur-Alzette","event_street":"","event_location_link":"","event_zip_code":"","event_city":"","event_country":"LU"},"events-topic":[312],"events-type":[],"organisation":[221,226],"authorship":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - 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