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- flowcharts
- diagrams
- step-by-step instructions
- recommendations for tools and instructions for their use
Manuals combine technical communication with intercultural awareness of the needs of the audience. They have to find a balance between, on the one hand, providing enough information to be helpful (or else risk knowledge gaps) and, on the other hand, maximalism (which may be overwhelming, lead to resignation, and create a hierarchy between the more or less technically competent). Will your group be able to find the right balance?
For inspiration regarding the form of your manual, consult the following projects:
For inspiration regarding the **form** of your manual, consult the following projects:
- [Manuals + Guides](https://www.are.na/shannon-mattern/manuals-guides)
- [The Manual Library](https://archive.org/details/manuals)
- [Step by Step: Thinking Through and Beyond the Repair Manual](https://placesjournal.org/article/step-by-step-repair-manuals-political-ecology)
- [Academic Repair Manual](https://redesigningacademy.wordsinspace.net/spring2022/academic-repair-manual/)
- [Debt Resistor's Manual](https://strikedebt.org/drom/)
- [Dish of the Day: Digital Care Meal](https://pratododia.org/en/) (*Prato do Dia*)
- [Read the Feminist Manual](https://psaroskalazines.gr/zines/RTFM/)
- [A Rough Guide to Bicycle Maintenance](https://cpezine.omeka.net/items/show/7)
- [Bicycle Maintenance Zine](https://neighborhoodanarchists.org/bike-maintenance-zine/)
- [How to Darn Your Clothes](https://iffybooks.net/darning/)
- [iFixit Repair Guides](https://www.ifixit.com/Guide)
You can consult work by preceding cohorts of students in this course for inspiration regarding the content of your manual:
You can consult work by preceding cohorts of students in this course for inspiration regarding the **content** of your manual:
- [Zines](https://archive.org/details/@j_boy/lists/1/ecer?sort=date) by former ECER students
- [Zines and other resources](https://www.jboy.space/blog/hacking-ethnography.html) by former ECER students
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