http://www.katherinewilson.com.au/katherine-wilson-writer-editor-journalist daily 1.0 2025-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5768dc949de4bb4e6f94da3c/048ffbcd-5a5a-43da-b864-17f34e7311fc/IMG_8391+2.jpg Katherine Wilson writer editor journalist http://www.katherinewilson.com.au/writing daily 0.75 2026-03-16 http://www.katherinewilson.com.au/contact daily 0.75 2025-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dbbca5e4b090699000a2b6/1407168681806-E4D3N3J92EL0Z1LPUFT7/010_edit.jpg Connect http://www.katherinewilson.com.au/miscellany daily 0.75 2024-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5768dc949de4bb4e6f94da3c/1514607556889-K1X2ZGC5OZN3RSLCAI0R/tinkering.jpg BOOKS At a time when the labour-market is failing as a source of security and identity for many, domestic tinkering persists as a resourceful occupation. Everyday practices of repair, invention, building and crafting that take place in sheds, back-yards, paddocks, kitchens and home-workshops are an important part of Australia’s informal economy and social cohesion. Moving between scholarly research and journalistic stories, this book documents domestic tinkering as an undervalued form of material scholarship, social connection, psychological sanctuary, personal identity and political activism. It mounts a surprising case for the profound value of domestic tinkering in historic and contemporary Australia. http://www.katherinewilson.com.au/read-me daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dbbca5e4b090699000a2b6/1408024912028-NID23B61L4HJ0B3VYYKL/image-asset.png Read Me Photography by Julia Robbs