A bi-weekly talk show by The Restart Project, plus a monthly documentary series produced by brilliant podcaster Dave Pickering, based on fixing triumphs, heartbreaks and wisdom shared at our community repair events – called Restart Parties – here in London. We go into real depth about good and bad design, obstacles to repair of electronics, emotional aspects of ownership, environmentally irresponsible business models, and the “end of life” of our gadgets. This podcast is for you if you'd like to fix your relationship with electronics. Let’s rethink, restart.
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Restart Radio: Repair as a sensory experience
We love the internet, and the emancipatory potential of communications technology, but what we see around us is a physical alienation from the devices that connect us. Our tactile interaction with them is severely constrained to tapping and swiping – we struggle to even change a battery or upgrade storage or memory.
In this respect, our Restart Parties are a feast for the senses – we love “screentime”, that is, our time behind the screen.
Restarter Ben Skidmore goes on a sensory journey with us in this episode, as we talk about how the senses of hearing, smell, touch, sight, and even taste are used in troubleshooting and repairing electronics and electricals.
Links we mentioned
- Richer Sounds
- Datacent’s Hard Drive Sounds
Extra reading: Jestine Yong’s “How to Scan for Bad Components”
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