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Multidisciplinary research into the role of CAPS in the
Maker Movement
About MAKE-IT
• January2016– December2017• PartnerOrganizations:
From bits to atoms
Het MAKE-IT project: focus
About MAKE-IT
• Casestudiesoftenmakerinitiatives• InnovationActionResearch
What is the role of CAPS in the maker movement?
• Collaborativetechnologies• Sensornetworks:becomingmoreawareoftheenvironmentandoureffectonit• Makingdatacomprehensible• Leadingto:• Realizationthatadifferentproductionparadigmispossible• Changetowardsresponsiblebehaviour• Citizenparticipation,creativityandempowerment• Collectiveconsciousnessandpolitical/economicchange?
Will the Maker Movement succeed where theArts and Crafts movement failed?
• Evgeny Morozov,TheNewYorkerhttp://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/01/13/making-it-2
• TheArtsandCraftsmovementwasspendingfartoomuchtimeon“rag-rugs,baskets,and...exhibitionsofworkchieflybyamateurs,”ratherthanaskingthemostbasicquestionsaboutinequality.ThespiritoflaborreformbecamesimplyD.I.Y.tinkering.
• TheMakerMovementhasthepotentialtochangetheeconomicbasisofproduction,accesstogoodsandthedestructionoftheenvironment.WillMakerspushforpoliticalandlegalreformstosecurethetransparencyanddecentralizationofpower(anddata)associatedwiththesetechnologies?