Everyday mundane repair : banknotes and the material entanglements of improvisation and innovation

Sarah Pink; Juan Francisco Salazar; Melisa Duque

doi:10.1080/25729861.2019.1636619

Everyday mundane repair : banknotes and the material entanglements of improvisation and innovation

Sarah Pink, Juan Francisco Salazar, Melisa Duque

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

This article seeks to contribute to the conceptualization of everyday repair with a focus on banknotes, a ubiquitous and mundane technology in constant need of maintenance and repair. Through a design anthropology approach, we examine how practices of repairing banknotes are entangled with discourses of innovation that manifest in everyday life. This is complemented with a short ethnographic account of how damage, care and repair of banknotes in Chile are articulated through mundane everyday life activities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	458-477
Number of pages	20
Journal	Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2019.1636619
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Chile
bank notes
ethnology
maintenance and repair
technological innovations

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