Repair as an ancient cultural technique is enjoying increasing popularity: in addition to popular repair cafés, politicians have also discovered the topic and introduced regulations and measures at various levels to promote repair. At the same time, more and more electrical appliances and textiles are being purchased, and the resulting amounts of waste remain high. In this Friday group, we would like to look at the cultural practice of repair from different perspectives.
Many products are designed in such a way that they make repairs difficult or impossible. On the other hand, repairing arouses the curiosity of onlookers and leads to exchange and shared learning. Repairing together brings people into contact with each other, even across ideological differences, because everyone actually thinks repairing things is a good thing.
Time for an interim assessment: What significance does repair have for us today? What is different from the past? What conditions are necessary for a vibrant (repair) trade as an economic sector? Why is the aspect of the communal exchange of knowledge and resources so important in terms of social policy – and also sustainable?
Based on the local initiative Werkstattcafé Dessau, which sees itself as a contact point for repairs and communal craft activities, we would like to look at the cultural practice of repair from different perspectives.
Language: German
6:00 pm
Welcome
Heike Brückner und Laura Spengler
6:10 pm
Local example – Werkstattcafé Dessau
Lena Charlotte Kozik, Michael Saleeb
6:30 pm
Film clips: Reparieren statt Wegwerfen, 2020 (WDR)
6:50 pm
Lecture: Less waste, more future: repair as a catalyst for a circular economy
Dr Tamina Hipp, Umweltbundesamt
7:20 pm
Interactive format
Repairing competitions with the Werkstattcafé Dessau
Food and drink
from the Urbane Farm
7:50 pm
Discussion / conversation
