ABSTRACT
Makers, Crafters, Educators brings the do-it-yourself (DIY) ethos of maker and crafter movements into educational environments, and examines the politics of cultural change that undergird them. Addressing making and crafting in relation to community and schooling practices, culture, and place, this edited collection positions making as an agent of change in education. In the volume’s five sections—Play and Hacking, Access and Equity, Interdependence and Interdisciplinarity, Cultural and Environmental Sustainability, and Labor and Leisure—authors from around the world present a collage of issues and practices connecting object making, participatory culture, and socio-cultural transformation. Offering gateways into cultural practices from six continents, this volume explores the participatory culture of maker and crafter spaces in education and reveals how community sites hold the promise of such socio-cultural transformation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section I|3 pages
Play and Hacking
chapter 7|4 pages
Makerspaces in a University Art and Design Context
chapter 11|4 pages
Jugaad in Innovative Making and Crafting in India
section Section II|3 pages
Access and Equity
chapter 14|4 pages
Does Outreach Equal Equity?
chapter 15|5 pages
Contradiction and Answering Back
section Section III|3 pages
Interdependence and Interdisciplinarity
section Section IV|4 pages
Cultural and Environmental Sustainability
chapter 35|4 pages
The (Re)Making of Culture
chapter 36|4 pages
Local Roots
chapter 42|4 pages
If Fab Lab is the Answer, What is the Question?
chapter 43|5 pages
The Walls Tell the Story
section Section V|4 pages
Labor and Leisure