Practices of object maintenance and repair: how consumers attend to consumer objects within the home
(2009)
Journal Article
Gregson, N., Metcalfe, A., & Crewe, L. (2009). Practices of object maintenance and repair: how consumers attend to consumer objects within the home. Journal of Consumer Culture, 9(2), 248-272. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469540509104376
This article examines the practices of object maintenance in the home. Drawing on depth ethnographic research with households in north-east England, the article uses three object stories to show that ordinary consumer objects are continually becoming... Read More about Practices of object maintenance and repair: how consumers attend to consumer objects within the home.