The Special Interest Group (SIG) Maintenance and Philosophy of Technology is now up and running. The chairs are Mark Thomas Young (University of Vienna) and Sanna Lehtinen (Aalto Univ.) and the SIG will run for two years. The goals of the group include not only stimulating discussion about maintenance among philosophers but also facilitating dialogue between philosophers of technology and scholars of maintenance and repair from other disciplines. All are therefore encouraged to take part, regardless of disciplinary background. The organizers look forward to welcoming a diverse range of perspectives on this important and exciting topic.
The schedule for 2022 is below. Anyone wishing to attend any of the talks should send an email to mark@markthomasyoung.net so that you can be added to the mailing list through which zoom links will be posted a week in advance.
Schedule – Maintenance and Philosophy of Technology
May 12th 2022 (18-1915 UTC+1) Mark Thomas Young (Vienna) “Maintenance and the Metaphysics of Artifacts”
June 9th 2022 (18-1915 UTC+1)Eugenia Stamboliev (Vienna) “Rethinking Maintenance as Part of Trustworthiness”
August 11th 2022 (18-1915 UTC+1)
Tom Fisher (NTU) “Repairing things repairs people”
September 8th 2022 (18-1915 UTC+1)Cristina Bernabeau & Jesus Vega Encabo “The Privilege of Maintenance and Repair in shaping and understanding our Artifactual World”
October 13th 2022 (18-1915 UTC+1)Taylor Stone and Aimee Van Wynesberghe “On the Things of the Internet: AI for Maintenance and the Maintenance of AI”
November 10th 2022 (18-1915 UTC+1)
Sanna Lehtinen (Aalto U) “Aesthetic Values in the Maintenance of Urban Technologies”
December 8th 2022 (18-1915 UTC+1)Simon Penny (UCI) “Making Maintenance Possible Again: Finding Ethical and Sustainable Paths Through Consumerism, Disposability and Inbuilt Obsolescence”
Published : April 25, 2022