Repair and share: Handled with Care
Repair and share embed endurance in the form of exhausting all potential of an artefact and bearing the pain of emotional detachment from things that are no longer of use, respectively. Cultures of repair and share have the potential to create a framework for social resilience and the prospective of renegotiating the ethics of being active members of a community; taking up the challenge to responsibly acknowledge that which can be mended, that which is beyond fixing and that which can be reconfigured (lifestyles, cities, things).

ABOUT This website is connected to the research platform of the project “Handled With Care: Developing The Paradigm Of ‘A Culture Of Repair And Share’ In Brisbane, Queensland”.

The project was funded by Griffith University as part of the New Researcher Grant scheme 2014 and was realized with the assistance of Zoe Appel, Rebecca Barnett, Maddy Dwight, Melanie Gupta, Emma Hodgson, Lennah Kuskoff, Kara Simpson, Akira Sutton and Luke Thomasson.

The aim of the project is to improve the waste management practices in Brisbane, Australia and promote a different understanding of materiality; to encourage a detachment from excessive consumption by enhancing the culture of ‘repair and share’ and creating a community of exchange of skills and goods.

Chief Investigator: Dr. Eleni Kalantidou
Designer: Chenoa Pettrup
Software Engineer: Petros Nyfantis
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