Abstract
Makerspaces—public workshops where makers can share tools and knowledge—are a growing resource for amateurs and professionals alike. While the role of makerspaces in innovation and peer learning is widely discussed, we attempt to look at the wider roles that makerspaces play in public life. Through site visits and interviews at makerspaces and similar facilities across the UK, we have identified additional roles that these spaces play: as social spaces, in supporting wellbeing, by serving the needs of the communities they are located in and by reaching out to excluded groups. Based on these findings, we suggest implications and future directions for both makerspace organisers and community researchers.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | CHI '16 |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Pages | 1415–1425 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450333627 |
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Publication status | Published - 7 May 2016 |
Event | CHI 2016 - San Jose, United States Duration: 7 May 2016 → 12 May 2016 https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/ (Link to conference website) |
Conference
Conference | CHI 2016 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | San Jose |
Period | 7/05/16 → 12/05/16 |
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