Acts of repair are an essential part of our social world and built environment. They not only allow for the smooth functioning and enhancement of our cities, but also indicate what is valued and worthy of care and maintenance.
Hosted by UrbanLab, this symposium explores how repair forms our relationship to the past, present and future. Taking place at the Mick Lally Theatre on Druid Lane, Julia Corwin, Tim Edensor and Andrew Karvonen discuss the importance of electronic repair work, the preservation of heritage sites and the improvement of cities through incremental actions. These different perspectives together combine scholarship and activism, provoking discussion on how acts of repair shape the world around us.
Moderator; Mark Justin Rainey
FREE, Pre-booking available
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The Temporality of Repair symposium will be followed by two events. At 1.00 pm there will be participatory walk through Nuns’ Island that will include a site visit to The Mill. At 2.30 pm, a workshop will be hosted at An Mheitheal Rothar in their new premises at the Old Squash Court, Earl’s Island.
