Everyday carry

Example of an EDC

Everyday carry (EDC) refers to items that you carry with you at all times, which are useful in dealing with everyday and even dangerous situations. Typical elements of the EDC are (pocket) knives or multi-tools , pens , flashlights , purses , lighters , watches , cell phones / smartphones and key rings .

EDC items usually fit in a bag, a small backpack, an organizer or are attached to your own clothing. Value is placed on the usefulness, accessibility and reliability of the objects. There are a number of situations for which an EDC is contemplated. These can range from the predictable and mundane to the rare and serious.

The term EDC is also associated with the basic attitude to a constant readiness ( English preparedness, cf. “ always ready ”), which goes hand in hand with the selection and transport of these objects.

The contents of a so-called "bug-out bag" for use after a disaster, a " survival kit " and the "ten essentials", the ten most important items that should be part of the equipment of mountain hikers and other people in the wilderness, overlap on the way.

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Amelia Acker, Daniel Carter: Pocket Preppers: Performing Preparedness with Everyday Carry Posts on Instagram . In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Media and Society - SMSociety '18 . ACM Press, Copenhagen, Denmark 2018, ISBN 978-1-4503-6334-1 , pp. 207–211 , doi : 10.1145 / 3217804.3217913 ( acm.org [accessed June 9, 2019]).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Katrin Tiidenberg, Andrew Whelan: Sick bunnies and pocket dumps: "Emergency selfies" and the genre of self-representation . In: Popular Communication . tape 15 , no. 2 , April 3, 2017, ISSN 1540-5702 , p. 141–153 , doi : 10.1080 / 15405702.2016.1269907 ( tandfonline.com [accessed June 9, 2019]).
^ ^A ^b ^c Amanda A. Sims: Survival of the Preppers: An Exploration into the Culture of Prepping. Dissertation, University of Missouri 2017, pp. 69–72, ( umsystem.edu [accessed June 9, 2019]).
↑ see en: Bug-out bag
↑ see en: Survival kit
↑ see en: Ten essentials

[:0-1] Amelia Acker, Daniel Carter: Pocket Preppers: Performing Preparedness with Everyday Carry Posts on Instagram . In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Media and Society - SMSociety '18 . ACM Press, Copenhagen, Denmark 2018, ISBN 978-1-4503-6334-1 , pp. 207–211 , doi : 10.1145 / 3217804.3217913 ( acm.org [accessed June 9, 2019]).

[:1-2] Katrin Tiidenberg, Andrew Whelan: Sick bunnies and pocket dumps: "Emergency selfies" and the genre of self-representation . In: Popular Communication . tape 15 , no. 2 , April 3, 2017, ISSN 1540-5702 , p. 141–153 , doi : 10.1080 / 15405702.2016.1269907 ( tandfonline.com [accessed June 9, 2019]).

[:2-3] A ^b ^c Amanda A. Sims: Survival of the Preppers: An Exploration into the Culture of Prepping. Dissertation, University of Missouri 2017, pp. 69–72, ( umsystem.edu [accessed June 9, 2019]).

[4] see en: Bug-out bag

[5] see en: Survival kit

[6] see en: Ten essentials