ABSTRACT
The varied perspectives included here coalesce into an urgent declaration of shared intentions. It is a declaration that manifests in multiple calls for action built on the concept and practice of repair as the foundation for designing better futures by embracing change while tending to what is here and now. In the spirit of a call for action, this book argues for radically different ways of thinking and acting. It proposes changes to current ways of being and doing, in ways that are not traditionally part of our academic curricula, practice, or everyday experiences. Repair is a mindset and a design concept for innovative reuse and the remaking of everyday objects, spaces, buildings, as well as society at large. Repair in this context embraces and insists on change, serving as a critical tool for navigating our broken world in the spirit of an open-source project, as a generative twenty-first century response to the multitude of issues we face today.
