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Visit of Huaqiangbei

During the workshop we visited Huaqiangbei, the largest electronic components market in the world. The area is status as a major… Read More
April 11, 2018 by Anais Bloch

Collaborative Fieldwork session in China

From last February 28th to March 10th I participated to the workshop Mapping Spaces For Making in China organized by a… Read More
April 11, 2018 by Anais Bloch

Hairdresser + Repair container

A hairdresser/mobile phone repair shop combo located in a township container that I ran across during a trip to Cape… Read More
January 10, 2018 by Nicolas Nova

The medical analogy

One of the most striking features of mobile phone repair shop lays in the use of the medical analogy. As… Read More
December 12, 2017 by Nicolas Nova

Repair jargon

The terminology used by the repair community is quite diverse, and we try to grasp it in different language. The… Read More
June 14, 2017 by Nicolas Nova

“Technician needed”

How do shops find their employees? How do you find people with enough knowledge to repair such objects? Where do… Read More
April 21, 2017 by Max Admin