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Making cultures: empowerment, participation, and democracy - or not?

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CHI EA '14: CHI '14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2559206.2579405

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Making has transformed from a fringe and hobbyist practice into a professionalizing field and an emerging industry. Enthusiasts laud its potential to democratize technology, improve the workforce, empower consumers, encourage citizen science, and contribute to the global economy. Yet critics counter that in the West, making often remains a hobby for the privileged and seems to be increasingly co-opted by corporate interests. This panel brings together HCI scholars and practitioners active in making, handwork, DIY, crafts, and tool design to examine and debate the visions that come from maker cultures.

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CHI EA '14: CHI '14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2014

2620 pages

ISBN:9781450324748

DOI:10.1145/2559206

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Swansea University, Wales, UK
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Université Paul Sabatier, France
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University of Stuttgart, Germany
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Autodesk Research, Canada

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