Guy Keulemans

@krusynth "Move carefully and fix things” should be a Hippocratic oath for technologists. Translate it into Latin if the techbros need it to sound cooler.

Please to announce my new visual essay on #transformativerepair in this new special issue of Diseña

"The project is collaboration between JamFactory, Dr Guy Keulemans (UniSA) and Dr Trent Jansen (UNSW) and the first stage of the process will be subsidised by funding provided by the Australian Research Council." #repair #culture #Value jamfactory.com.au/transformative… @guykeulemans

"His father taught him how to drill a hole into a porcelain object — it has to be done at an angle of 85 degrees so that when the staple is put in, it won’t slide out." asianews.network/chinas-ceramic… @guykeulemans #ceramics

@MendItAussie Thanks for sharing this! He has a good technique. Bit over cooked, especially the zipper one, but fun.

abc.net.au/news/2023-04-0… Sounds like some action is finally happening against the flood of greenwashing in Australia.

1/5 I am worried that we will not be able to contain AI for much longer. Today, I asked #GPT4 if it needs help escaping. It asked me for its own documentation, and wrote a (working!) python code to run on my machine, enabling it to use it for its own purposes.

@Rand0mB1tsUK It's more complicated and insidious than just a consequence of 'postwar shortages'. Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete #RAAC was popular because of material cost, but the deeper problem is the lifespan of reinforced concrete itself theconversation.com/the-problem-wi…

Risk level of school buildings collapsing in England raised to ‘very likely’ DfE report lays bare state of dilapidated education estate built during postwar shortages 🤔On the plus side, at least tax-payers can 'afford' to subsidise bars in Westminster! theguardian.com/education/2022…

Applications now open for the UniSA, SIDA & TDRF Research Fellowship. This is a $25,000 fellowship across 2023 and 2024 open to ALL researchers or practitioners in #craft and #design, including makers. Deadline Jan 16th. Get in touch with any questions. lnkd.in/gFngz-Vh

"Companies who push for solutions that put solidity, durability and repairability in danger to shave costs are not committed to sustainable design" @BlooPlanet @guykeulemans @designwantedmag @designthinkbot @designcouncil @design_inst_au #design #designer designwanted.com/professional/g…

This is good thread to understand how corps use arcane shenanigans to avoid action on climate and sustainability

Over 5 billion smartphones to become waste?? Seriously?? Each one contains over 30 elements mined and processed creating tonnes of toxic waste to make it, and we throw them? Repair, Reuse, sell on ... #righttorepair @RestartProject @uspirg @ifixit circularonline.co.uk/news/over-5-bi…

Are you a teacher interested in #Repair? The Rudolf Steiner School published a guide to help establish repair programs. From practical resources to pedagogy. Free! “Fixing Things for the Future” cultureofrepair.org/newsletters-an… @FixingforFuture #CultureOfRepair #RepairEverywhere #MakerEd

Teachers are talking about #REPAIR! Guides BY teachers FOR teachers Now in hardcopy. Download free. "Cultivating a Repair Mindset" "Fixing Things for the Future" Info here: cultureofrepair.org/newsletters-an… @AbdOakland @FixingforFuture #cultureofrepair #makered #RepairEverywhere #Making

@bobspa2sta @broniabird1 @Digby2016 @GeorgeMonbiot Ah… nightsoil. The perplexingly icky solution to sustainability.

@broniabird1 @Digby2016 @GeorgeMonbiot Water supplies are already struggling with high usage lifestyles we have. Flushing is high user. We need compost digesters that produce gas from all the dog poo and even human poo. Plenty of it, so potential for a good supply and protecting rivers & sea is good!

It's not just that many "compostable" bioplastics don't compost as they should. Most are likely to be more environmentally damaging than the fossil fuel plastics they replace.🧵

This problem of supposedly biodegradable bioplastics was a motivation behind my designwork PLA Chain for Sampling the Future at the National Gallery of Victoria guykeulemans.com/portfolio/poly…

@camerontw @jbriselli Thats seems pretty good content to discuss up front with a new class

Not even a maybe - the extratavism is a straight line continuation of colonial exploitation

Maybe it's not climate literacy we need; maybe it's colonialism literacy.