Understanding Collective Awareness Platforms with the

Maker Movement

About MAKE-IT

• January2016– December2017• PartnerOrganisations:ResearchFacilities&MakerCommunities

Research Aim

• TheoverallobjectiveoftheMAKE-ITprojectistounderstandtheroleofCollectiveAwarenessPlatforms(CAPs)inhowthemakermovementhasgrownandoperates,particularlyinrelationtousingandcreatingsocialinnovationsandachievingsustainability.

à ExtendCAPsintoanewdomainà Undertakemultidisciplinaryresearchà Undertakeinnovationactionresearchà Contributetothefuturedevelopmentofmakerawarenessandculture

MAKE-ITwillundertakemultidisciplinaryresearchindifferentfieldsincluding:behavioural studies,socialpsychology,sociology,managementinformationsystems,economics,environmentalscience,technological

impactandgovernanceissues.MAKE-ITwillfocustheresearchspecificallyontheroleofCAPsin:

• howmakercommunitiesareorganised andgoverned;• whatmakerparticipantsdoandhowtheybehave;• thevariouswaysthisimpactsonandaddsvaluetosociety.

Work Plan

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