First Exploratory Geographical and Social Maps of the Maker Movement

Menichinelli, Massimo; Schmidt, Alessandra Gerson Saltiel

doi:10.6092/issn.2612-0496/9640

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“…and as a function of its social, local, and global nature. The evolution of these spaces varies due to the mix of bottom-up movements and top-down policies with heterogenous players and interests [34,35]. The evolution of the maker movement is complex due to the compromise between openness and commercial aspects, the limitations to engaging some citizen sectors (low-income or elderly groups), and the difficulties in maintaining long-term operation [36].…”

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Impact of Maker Movement on the Urban Resilience Development: Assessment Methodology and Analysis of EU Research and Innovation Projects

Monaco,

Herce

2023

Sustainability

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Cities are the engine of human development, and increasing urban sustainability is crucial to ensure human prosperity. The development of smart cities generally increases the sustainability of the cities. However, technical and environmental aspects are generally developed in smart cities neglecting socio-economic dimensions. The urban resilience concept includes the complex interactions of environmental, economic, and societal pillars. In this context, the emerging maker movement proposes an economic paradigm shift, with the interaction of humans and technology at the center of urban evolution. This paper proposes a multi-criteria methodology to define and assess the main characteristics of the resilient approach of the projects involving maker practices applied to urban development. The proposed methodology is based on the application of computer-assisted qualitative text analysis and a subsequent classification according to 12 indicators (community and urban efficiency, co-creation and professional, making sense and problem-solving, network and site-specific, implementation and optimization, sustainability-oriented and market-oriented) that define different dimensions of a bottom-up project’s resilient approach in three main key principles: inclusiveness, complexity, and durability. The method has been tested in 94 EU-funded projects. This analysis reveals the evolution and orientation of EU-funded projects from economic, technical, and social perspectives. Specifically, the patterns of remediation of non-participatory practices, the weak presence of open innovation initiatives, and the development of activities focusing on co-creation as a participatory tool. The applied methodology could be subsequently implemented at different scales and integrated with LCA in order to evaluate the sustainability of bottom-up projects toward urban development.

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Impact of Maker Movement on the Urban Resilience Development: Assessment Methodology and Analysis of EU Research and Innovation Projects

Monaco,

Herce

2023

Sustainability

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“…Community biolabs are at times presented as a subset of makerspaces and DIYbio as a sub-movement of the Maker movement [53]. However, DIYbio has also been framed as primarily a movement within natural science practice.…”

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“Short on time and big on ideas”: Perspectives from Lab Members on DIYBio Work in Community Biolabs

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2022

Designing Interactive Systems Conference

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DIYbio challenges the status quo by positioning laboratory biology work outside of traditional institutions. HCI has increasingly explored the DIYbio movement, but we lack insight into sites of practice such as community biolabs. Therefore, we gathered data on eleven community biolabs by interviewing sixteen lab managers and members. These labs represent half of identifed organizations in scope worldwide. Participants detailed their practices and motivations, outlining the constraints and opportunities of their community biolabs. We found that lab members conducted technically challenging project work with access to high-end equipment and professional expertise. We found that the unique nature of biowork exacerbated challenges for cooperative work, partially due to the particular time sensitivities of work with living organisms. Building on our fndings, we discuss how community biolab members are creating new approaches to laboratory biology and how this has design implications for systems that support non-traditional settings for scientifc practice. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI).

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Make digitalized places for experimentation work: unravelling and governing transformative dynamics of FabLabs and Makerspaces

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2024

European Planning Studies

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First Exploratory Geographical and Social Maps of the Maker Movement

Cited by 3 publications

References 12 publications

Impact of Maker Movement on the Urban Resilience Development: Assessment Methodology and Analysis of EU Research and Innovation Projects

Impact of Maker Movement on the Urban Resilience Development: Assessment Methodology and Analysis of EU Research and Innovation Projects

“Short on time and big on ideas”: Perspectives from Lab Members on DIYBio Work in Community Biolabs

Make digitalized places for experimentation work: unravelling and governing transformative dynamics of FabLabs and Makerspaces

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