A speaker at Bridport Arts Centre argues that what we choose to repair reveals what we truly value. Simon and Steve describe their repair work and the communities they serve, exploring how fixing things reflects our priorities and ethics.
She says, "What then is to be gained from observing how much of the life of Homo sapiens involves judging what it is possible and desirable to repair? Such judgments disclose in an intimate way what we do and do not value about ourselves and those around us. For though we do not repair everything we value, we would not repair things unless they were valuable to us, and how they matter to us shows up in the forms of repair we undertake." So that's a little bit of work. And I think just to begin, if Simon and Steve, maybe you could each just say a few words about the forms of repair they undertake and the communities that they do it for.
