Repairing work, repairing ourselves.
Thesis by Lila Laird (2025)

I use a diverse economies approach and draw on my participation and interviews with people from two field sites: Ōtautahi Repair Revolution (a repair café) and the Understorey (a coworking space), both located in the city of Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand. Through my participation I investigate the collective repair labour performed by participants at repair cafés and the collective care labour performed by members of the Understorey.