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oapen-20.500.12657-508152021-10-07T02:50:07Z The Persistence of Technology Krebs, Stefan Weber, Heike History of Technology Maintenance Repair Waste Environmental History Technology Cultural History Social History History bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTB Social & cultural history Repair, reuse and disposal are closely interlinked phenomena related to the service lives and persistence of technologies. When technical artefacts become old and worn out, decisions have to be taken: is it necessary, worthwhile or even possible to maintain and repair, reuse or dismantle them - or must they be discarded? These decisions depend on factors such as the availability of second-hand markets, repair infrastructures and dismantling or disposal facilities. In telling the stories of China's power grid, Canadian telephones, German automobiles and India's shipbreaking business, among others, the contributions in this volume highlight the persistence of technologies and show that maintenance and repair are not obsolete in modern industries and consumer societies. 2021-10-06T11:56:36Z 2021-10-06T11:56:36Z 2021 book ONIX_20211006_9783839447413_51 9783839447413 9783837647419 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50815 eng Science Studies application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 9783839447413.pdf transcript Verlag transcript Verlag 10.1515/9783839447413 10.1515/9783839447413 b30a6210-768f-42e6-bb84-0e6306590b5c 9783839447413 9783837647419 transcript Verlag 292 Bern open access
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Repair, reuse and disposal are closely interlinked phenomena related to the service lives and persistence of technologies. When technical artefacts become old and worn out, decisions have to be taken: is it necessary, worthwhile or even possible to maintain and repair, reuse or dismantle them - or must they be discarded? These decisions depend on factors such as the availability of second-hand markets, repair infrastructures and dismantling or disposal facilities. In telling the stories of China's power grid, Canadian telephones, German automobiles and India's shipbreaking business, among others, the contributions in this volume highlight the persistence of technologies and show that maintenance and repair are not obsolete in modern industries and consumer societies.
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