Systems Of Resilience: A Dialogue On Digital Makers, Making And Their Principles Of Conduct [chapter]

Cindy Kohtala
2015 Zenodo  
Digital fabrication technologies such as laser cutters, milling machines and three-dimensional (3D) printers are increasingly available to citizens, especially in devoted spaces known as fab labs, hackerspaces and makerspaces. They are the low-cost equivalent of industrial prototyping equipment and enable 'making' and 'fabbing' activities where hobbyists, professionals inventors and the curious can experiment with and realise their own ideas. There are many different types of makers and maker
more » ... mmunities today, each drawn together by different motivations, missions and even manifestos. This dialogue departs from where Jane Jacobs left off in Systems of Survival and The Nature of Economies, bringing the various maker characters to the same table to discuss the present and future of making.
doi:10.5281/zenodo.438124 fatcat:dt73vretrrb63ddly2bi2eni4e