It is interesting how research leads you to take unknown paths. At the beginning of this year, I had some clear areas of interest in the box of uncertainty task: as a lawyer, I wanted to research law and design. I was also interested in gender issues, and lastly, in ignorance. As time passed and with different experiences I lived, such as being part of the university Hackathon, I decided to start researching deconstructing the truths given about Design Thinking and Innovation. Through that research, I ended up reading about the Maintainers and all their community efforts about re-signifying repair and maintenance, which I think is absolutely brilliant. Nevertheless, I feel like I’ve been distanced from my main concern, which is Law, Design, Gender. And I still think I don’t have an angle to start my next project. I’ve found so many interesting agencies, NGOs, and people through my research, but I’m still kind of afraid to contact them because I’m still not sure why I’m contacting them. At the same time, I think I need to start talking to people, I know that. But yeah, it’s scary.

And I just wanted to clarify, that even if the repair and maintenance topic is probably something I’m not going to focus on in my big final project, it was soooo interesting reading and talking about it, and it really changed my perspectives on how I relate to my surroundings. So I’m grateful and appreciative of the EPP task.

Also, I’ve started a spreadsheet with all the quotes from books and readings that I’ve found interesting. I don’t do it as often as I should, but it’s an interesting work in progress: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lMAqkazBqhIudidgiZQKKO1Xo_nTUuqrPTNnoPp10aI/edit?usp=sharing