The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse, and Disposal by Krebs, Stefan

The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse, and Disposal (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783837647419)

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The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse, and Disposal by Krebs, Stefan

The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse, and Disposal

$45.00
The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse, and Disposal by Krebs, Stefan

The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse, and Disposal

$45.00
Format: Paperback
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Repair, reuse, and disposal are closely interlinked phenomena related to the lives and persistence of technologies. When technical artifacts become old and outworn, decisions have to be taken: is it necessary, worthwhile or even possible to maintain and repair or to reuse or dismantle them--or must one dispose of them? These decisions depend on factors such as the availability of second-hand markets, repair infrastructures, and dismantling or disposal facilities. Telling the stories of, among others, China's power grid, Colombian roads, American telephones, German automobiles, and India's ship breaking business, the contributions in this volume stress the long lives of technologies and show that maintenance and repair are not obsolete in modern industries and consumer societies.

Author: Stefan Krebs
ISBN-10: 3837647412
ISBN-13: 9783837647419
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/27/2021
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d
By Stefan Krebs
By Stefan Krebs
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Stefan Krebs (Dr. phil.) is Assistant Professor for Contemporary History at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History.

Heike Weber (Dr. phil.) is Professor for Cultural Studies of Technology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

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