Labor Power in the Repair Shop: Circuits of Repair Between Solidarity and Poor Economy

This paper presents the findings of comparative research into labor, organizational and spatial practices a new kind hybrid civic spaces that we refer to as “social impact-driven repair shops.” These are an emerging typology urban dedicated repaired up-cycled items also go beyond functions traditional shop. Significantly, these shops run not purely for economic reasons, but rather position themselves local, socio-political interventions aiming confront environmental impacts waste, support ethical affordable consumption, alongside providing opportunities employment. We focused our fieldwork (2017–2019) on three such “repair shops”: ReTuna Återbruksgalleria in Sweden, The Loop United Kingdom RiMaflow Italy. discuss differing labor taking place within each while highlighting some tensions emerge, implications wider debates studies, “green work” circular economies. conclude by identifying two divergent potentially antagonistic circuits which name solidarity” poor economy,” propose lens better grasp different logics underpinning transition