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		<title>Virality: Contagion Theory in the Age of Networks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Liboiron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contagion, or the way disease, disgust and dirt circulates, how the effects of dirt transfer to bodies, and how harm is conceptualized, is central to discard studies. From miasma, through the germ theory of disease, and now for chronic, pervasive models of pollution brought about by endocrine distributors and radiation, theories of contagion have been &#8230; <a href="http://discardstudies.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/virality-contagion-theory-in-the-age-of-networks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=discardstudies.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10243283&#038;post=3096&#038;subd=discardstudies&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t save the contradictory seals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric M. Friedman</dc:creator>
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		<title>&#8216;Detritivore&#8217; Design: How to Use Trash to Create Scalable Tech Solutions- Mathew Lippincott</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Liboiron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest post by Mathew Lippincott. Originally posted on Mediashift&#8217;s Idea Lab. Detritivores are creatures that consume decaying matter. Detritivore designs use abundant waste products to make scalable technology solutions. Unlike loftier concepts of zero-waste design such as Cradle to Cradle, Detritivore design accepts that the world is already loaded with discarded and broken technology. Detritivore designers need &#8230; <a href="http://discardstudies.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/detritivore-design-how-to-use-trash-to-create-scalable-tech-solutions-mathew-lippincott/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=discardstudies.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10243283&#038;post=3033&#038;subd=discardstudies&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cooper Union Student Protest Cleaning Up their School</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 15:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Liboiron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around one hundred Cooper Union students are in the third day of occupying the office of their president. The protest comes after a vastly unpopular decision by their board of trustees, lead by school president Bharucha, to end their more than 100 year tradition of a tuition-free school. They are fighting against an accelerating trend of introducing financial barriers &#8230; <a href="http://discardstudies.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/cooper-union-student-protest-cleaning-up-their-school/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=discardstudies.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10243283&#038;post=3074&#038;subd=discardstudies&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>R-RIPARABILE? How should we design for repairability &#8211; May 31</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 11:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Liboiron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an interesting call for projects looking for &#8220;the most innovative projects in which repairability plays a significant role in the world.&#8221; It is a call for the converse of discard and disposability. From the site: There is a growing demand for longer lasting objects, things that are no longer destined to die the first &#8230; <a href="http://discardstudies.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/r-riparabile-how-should-we-design-for-repairability-may-31/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=discardstudies.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10243283&#038;post=3068&#038;subd=discardstudies&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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