An ethos of repair calls for a thorough reevaluation of how we value labor.
Contribution to the Field Notes on Repair series, organized and published by Places Journal.
“This is the fifth installment of a series, prepared in the months leading up to the U.S. election, in which scholars, designers, planners, activists, and artists share observations on practices of repair, reuse, preservation, maintenance, and care, and the growing conviction that such practices are vitally important to our cultures, economies, and ecosystems.”
The climate crisis won’t be addressed simply by amassing high-level policies and global agreements because, though these are necessary, such policies and agreements depend on labor. And while we are good at representing visions for climate adaptation, what these future arrangements might reveal about the organization of labor is less clear.
