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Tinkering

Australians Reinvent DIY Culture

Tinkering( )
Author: Wilson, Katherine
ISBN:978-1-925495-44-7
Publication Date:Oct 2017
Publisher:Monash University Publishing
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:AUD $29.95
Book Description:

At a time when the labour market is failing as a source of security and identity for many, domestic tinkering is emerging as a legitimate vocation, in ways we haven't seen since pre-industrial times. Practices of repair, crafting, invention, building and improvising that take place in Australia's sheds, backyards, paddocks, kitchens and home-workshops are becoming a vital part of our informal economy and social cohesion, complicating distinctions between work and leisure, amateur and...
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Pages:304
Detailed Subjects: History / Australia & New Zealand



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