The Multi-Faceted Roles of the Art of Repair
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Runs the Fixers Collective and documents dozens of fixing sessions where people repair electronics with soldering irons and basic hand tools, turning repair into project-based learning and mentorship. Frames repair as performance art (live fixes, work-in-progress displays, and visibly patched finished pieces) and as activism: exposes planned obsolescence like ball grid array failures, bad capacitors, and lead‑free solder, and reports about 30% unrecoverable material at recycling events. Announces local sessions and Maker Faire appearances.
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