Making Community: The Wider Role of Makerspaces in Public Life

Nick Taylor; Ursula Hurley; Philip Connolly

doi:10.1145/2858036.2858073

Making Community: The Wider Role of Makerspaces in Public Life

Nick Taylor, Ursula Hurley, Philip Connolly

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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
Title of host publication	CHI '16
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Editors	Jofish Kaye
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	ACM
Pages	1415–1425
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450333627
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858073
Publication status	Published - 7 May 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2016 - San Jose, United States Duration: 7 May 2016 → 12 May 2016

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Conference	ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2016
Abbreviated title	CHI
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	7/05/16 → 12/05/16

Keywords

Makerspace
FabLab
making
DIY
community
Men’s Shed
wellbeing
inclusion

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Taylor, N, Hurley, U & Connolly, P 2016, Making Community: The Wider Role of Makerspaces in Public Life. in J Kaye (ed.), CHI '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, New York, pp. 1415–1425, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2016, San Jose, United States, 7/05/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858073

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