The Repair Mindset
How to Fix Off-Grid Solar Power in Kenya
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2026
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-5087-9 (ISBN)
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-5087-9 (ISBN)
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Solar power is a renewable technology with huge benefits for both the Global North and South – but with an unavoidable byproduct: waste. This book – the first to examine the off-grid solar industry in Kenya – questions the technology’s sustainability and is based on ethnographic fieldwork with the independent repair workers at the sharp end of the solar revolution.
Declan Murray proposes that, rather than imposing an external blueprint, energy development projects in the Global South should adopt the approach of the ‘bricoleur’ – which means learning from past experiences, drawing on resources at hand and prioritising function over form. He concludes with realistic and practical solutions to the problems of solar product breakdown, disposal, repair and recycling.
Solar power is a renewable technology with huge benefits for both the Global North and South – but with an unavoidable byproduct: waste. This book – the first to examine the off-grid solar industry in Kenya – questions the technology’s sustainability and is based on ethnographic fieldwork with the independent repair workers at the sharp end of the solar revolution.
Declan Murray proposes that, rather than imposing an external blueprint, energy development projects in the Global South should adopt the approach of the ‘bricoleur’ – which means learning from past experiences, drawing on resources at hand and prioritising function over form. He concludes with realistic and practical solutions to the problems of solar product breakdown, disposal, repair and recycling.
Introduction: A Broken World
Part 1: Making and Breaking Products
1. Old Tech Made New
2. Market Devices: Quality Standards and Impact Metrics
3. Breakdowns in the Assemblage
Part 2: Responding to Breakdown
4. Repairing at Home
5. Professional Repair
6. The Illusion of Authorised Repair
Conclusion: The Repair Mindset
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.4.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 11 Illustrations, black and white |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5292-5087-0 / 1529250870 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5292-5087-9 / 9781529250879 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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