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  • Gambiologia is the study of 'gambiarra' in a technological context.

    Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2011

  • There is no exact translation for 'gambiarra' so we initially used kludge which means from Wikipedia: 'a workaround, a quick-and-dirty solution, a clumsy or inelegant, yet effective, solution to a problem, typically using parts that are cobbled together'.

    Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2011

  • Gambiologia is something like "The science of gambiarra", which is a Brazilian cultural practice of solving problems creatively in alternative ways with low cost and lots of spontaneity, or giving unusual functions to everyday life objects.

    Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2011

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