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Building on the work of historians, sociologists, psychologists, and economists, but with a journalist’s impulse for the currency of her story, Katherine Wilson documents domestic tinkering as an undervalued form of material creativity, social connection, psychological sanctuary, personal identity, and even political activism. Tinkering: Australians Reinvent DIY Culture mounts a surprising case for the profound value of domestic tinkering in contemporary Australia.
About the Author
Katherine Wilson is an author, editor, graphic designer and award-winning journalist, who also teaches and researches in the university sector, where she has a PhD in cultural studies. Her feature articles have appeared in the Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Conversation, Australian, Courier-Mail, Art Monthly, Crikey.com, New Matilda , the Law Institute Journal and Good Weekend. Her essays have appeared in journals including Griffith Review, Meanjin, Eyeline, Eureka Street and Overland.
She edited Overland between 2002 and 2007 and has worked in advocacy roles for non-profit and environmental bodies.
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Smart, relevant and witty... Part page-turning narrative, part provocative argument, this is cultural criticism at its best.
-- Jeff SparrowTruly a pleasure to read. A thoughtful and erudite way to set the scene for the discussion to come.
-- Susan LuckmanA length of fencing wire, in my farm-boy childhood, could fix just about anything. This book has similar miraculous powers. It mixes sociology, science, economics, philosophy, anthropology and good old tinkerer know-how into an illuminating analysis of the clash between old and new ways of work. Full of fascinating insights and fascinating people, this book is a reminder that work is never just work, and can still have soul.
-- Mark DavisISBN: 9781925495478
ISBN-10: 1925495477
Series: Monash Studies in Australian Society
Published: 1st October 2017
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 304
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
Country of Publication: AU
Dimensions (cm): 21.1 x 15.5 x 2.3
Weight (kg): 0.36
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