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  • 008Repair

    The notion of “repair” assumes that it is possible and desirable to return something that is broken to its previous state. But the complexities of the Anthropocene often foreclose the possibility of such a simple, easy form of repair. Previous ecosystems, habitats, or social frameworks must instead be reconfigured to respond to transformed contexts. Huiying Ng’s pathway focuses on repair as reparation, taking the genealogy of colonial violence and rupture as a starting point for the pursuit of rebuilding, or building otherwise. Jeremias Herberg’s pathway brings to the fore the social, relational, and ecological constraints that must be taken into account in any work of repair. Herberg thus recognizes that repair must often entail a surrender of control. Finally, Louise Carver’s pathway takes the examples of rewilding, climate modeling, and reparations to show how repair might be untenable and undesirable, suggesting instead that we need to focus on preparing for an uncertain future.