Gambiarra: repair culture (2015)
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Gambiarra: repair culture (2015)
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Re: Gambiarra: repair culture (2015)
#2Felipe Fonseca's critical thoughts about the last 10-15 years of the "makers" movement.
Very insightful reading how the general culture of the movement has changed from a repair-reuse-recycle to a prototype-industrial-capitalistic mentality.
Re: Gambiarra: repair culture (2015)
#3Felipe Fonseca's critical thoughts about the last 10-15 years of the "makers" movement. Very insightful reading how the general culture of the movement has changed from a repair-reuse-recycle to a prototype-industrial-capitalistic mentality.
Looks like it is from 2015 since it mentions the Obama administration in the current tense.
Re: Gambiarra: repair culture (2015)
#4VC discovered the "makers" hype, and things turned "weird"...
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#5Ha, when I read the post title I knew it would come from a (Brazilian) Portuguese author.
The way I would explain "Gambiarra": it's a quick fix that relies heavily on an ad hoc solution instead of following the generally accepted principles for solving a problem.
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#6Never thought I'd see the word Gambiarra at the top of HN. By the way, Portugal has a word with a bit of a similar meaning (https://i.imgur.com/7YHjJHs.jpg)
For anyone interested in how Cubans do it, I recommend this 8 min video from Motherboard (it has subtitles):
> In 1991, Cuba's economy began to implode. "The Special Period in the Time of Peace" was the government's euphemism for what was a culmination of 30 years worth of isolation. It began in the 60s, with engineers leaving Cuba for America. Ernesto Oroza, a designer and artist, studied the innovations created during this period. He found that the general population had created homespun, Frankenstein-like machines for their survival, made from everyday objects. Oroza began to collect these machines, and would later contextualize it as "art" in a movement he dubbed "Technological Disobedience."
Re: Gambiarra: repair culture (2015)
#7Ha, when I read the post title I knew it would come from a (Brazilian) Portuguese author. The way I would explain "Gambiarra": it's a quick fix that relies heavily on an ad hoc solution instead of following the generally accepted principles for solving a problem.
On the other side of Atlantic also means a cable for light extension. :)
Re: Gambiarra: repair culture (2015)
#8VC discovered the "makers" hype, and things turned "weird"...
Because anything against capitalist thought gets mulched up, repackaged, and spat out. If you can commodify being a maker, you take away from the people who are actually subverting basic consumer thinking.
I think we're seeing the same problem in the modern form of the "gig economy" versus what people initially idealised for a freer, less contractual workforce.
Re: Gambiarra: repair culture (2015)
#9VC discovered the "makers" hype, and things turned "weird"...
Because anything against capitalist thought gets mulched up, repackaged, and spat out. If you can commodify being a maker, you take away from the people who are actually subverting basic consumer thinking. I think we're seeing the same problem in the modern form of the "gig economy" versus what people initially idealised for a freer, less contractual workforce.
Re: Gambiarra: repair culture (2015)
#10Probably a good thread to mention the fairphone http://fairphone.com/
Not the prettiest phone but it does what it says on the box/ it's easy to fix it yourself