Faculty
The Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS)
Supervisor Name
Dr. Alissa Centivany
Keywords
Repair, Right to Repair, Categorical Imperatives, Impediments, Qualitative Research, Interviews, Sustainability, Ownership, Technology, Consumption
Description
This research poster is based on a working research paper which moves beyond the traditional scope of repair and examines the Right to Repair movement from a smaller, more personal lens by detailing the 6 categorical impediments as dubbed by Dr. Alissa Centivany (design, law, economic/business strategy, material asymmetry, informational asymmetry, and social impediments) have continuously inhibited repair and affected repair practices, which has consequently had larger implications (environmental, economic, social, etc.) on ourselves, our objects, and our world. The poster builds upon my research from last year (see "The Right to Repair: (Re)building a better future"), this time pulling quotes from coded interview data to showcase current repair practices and how they have changed due to the aforementioned impediments.
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank the USRI’s partners – Western Research, Western Libraries, and Student Experience – for once again making this opportunity possible. I would also like to thank Brittany Melton for being a great research partner and for helping me throughout the coding process. Last but certainly not least, I owe another big thank you to my supervisor, Dr. Alissa Centivany, for wanting to work with me for the second year in a row, for constantly supporting and believing in me, and for teaching me something new every day.
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Document Type
Poster
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A Qualitative Look Into Repair Practices
This research poster is based on a working research paper which moves beyond the traditional scope of repair and examines the Right to Repair movement from a smaller, more personal lens by detailing the 6 categorical impediments as dubbed by Dr. Alissa Centivany (design, law, economic/business strategy, material asymmetry, informational asymmetry, and social impediments) have continuously inhibited repair and affected repair practices, which has consequently had larger implications (environmental, economic, social, etc.) on ourselves, our objects, and our world. The poster builds upon my research from last year (see "The Right to Repair: (Re)building a better future"), this time pulling quotes from coded interview data to showcase current repair practices and how they have changed due to the aforementioned impediments.