In 2021, I was a collaborator on the international project Tales of Care and Repair, conducting research and interviews with self-taught professionals engaged in object repair and restoration. The project was supported by various institutions, including the University of the West of England.

Tales of Care and Repair (@repairacts) brings together stories of everyday object repair from India, the United Kingdom, and Brazil.

Considering repair as a potentially radical act that can transform our relationship with our material worlds, the program aims to build a repository of ‘stories’ of repaired everyday objects. It also gathers artists, designers, policymakers, and academics to conduct specialized workshops and seminars and create Repair Declarations for citizens to embrace local repair mindsets in cities, towns, and neighborhoods.

Access at: https://tales.repairacts.net/tales