Dear all (with apologies for cross-posting),
<br>
<br>We are very pleased to announce the release of the 12th Special Issue of
<br>the open access Journal of Peer Production: Makerspaces and Institutions -
<br>an issue which began at 4S/EASST Barcelona in 2016!
<br>
<br>http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-12-makerspaces-and-institutions/
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<br>Makerspaces are subjects in a plurality of institutional advances and
<br>developments, catching the imaginations of a wide variety of organisations
<br>and other actors drawn to a buzz of enticing possibilities. Depending upon
<br>the nature of the encounter, makerspaces are becoming cradles for
<br>entrepreneurship, innovators in education, nodes in open hardware networks,
<br>studios for digital artistry, ciphers for social change, prototyping shops
<br>for manufacturers, remanufacturing hubs in circular economies, twenty-first
<br>century libraries, emblematic anticipations of commons-based, peer-produced
<br>post capitalism, workshops for hacking technology and its politics,
<br>laboratories for smart urbanism, galleries for hands-on explorations in
<br>material culture... not forgetting, of course, spaces for simply having fun.
<br>
<br>What kinds of hybrid arrangements emerge through these encounters, and what
<br>becomes of the occupied factories for peer production theory? How are
<br>institutions reshaping aspirations for autonomous, even democratic,
<br>fabrication and experimentation – aspirations that were – and are –
<br>important parts of makerspace narratives? And what do these encounters mean
<br>for institutions, whether in education, culture, business, development or
<br>some other sphere; how are they too evolving through their exposure to
<br>grassroots and community making practices?
<br>
<br>This is a mega issue, exploring institutional developments in all their
<br>complexity through 13 research articles (each of which have been peer
<br>reviewed and revised through the Journal’s particularly transparent
<br>process, which makes all review steps public) and 7 practitioner
<br>contributions from key leaders working in the field.
<br>
<br>Please take a look, tell us what you think, and help us spread the
<br>discussions through your networks. This project is the result of a long
<br>labour of love for the many makers and thinkers involved, and we look
<br>forward to hearing your thoughts.
<br>
<br>With thanks, Issue 12 Editors
<br>Kat Braybrooke and Adrian Smith
<br>
<br>////////////// ISSUE 12 CONTENTS ///////////////////////////////
<br>
<br>Liberatory technologies for whom? Exploring a new generation of makerspaces
<br>defined by institutional encounters
<br>Kat Braybrooke, Adrian Smith
<br>
<br>[[[ PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES ]]]
<br>
<br>Institutionalisation and informal innovation in South African Maker
<br>communities
<br>Chris Armstrong, Jeremy de Beer, Erika Kraemer-Mbula, Mieka Ellis
<br>
<br>Making in Brazil: Can we make it work for social inclusion?
<br>Rafael Dias, Adrian Smith
<br>
<br>Making hardware in Nairobi: Between revolutionary practices and restricting
<br>imaginations
<br>Alev Coban
<br>
<br>Makerspaces and urban ideology: The institutional shaping of Fab Labs in
<br>China and Northern Ireland
<br>Pip Shea, Xin Gu
<br>
<br>The sociomateriality of FabLabs: Configurations of a printing service or
<br>counter-context?
<br>Cindy Kohtala
<br>
<br>The institutionalization of making: The entrepreneurship of
<br>sociomaterialities that matters
<br>Evelyne Lhoste, Marc Barbier
<br>
<br>Can one size fit one? A prospect for humane custom production
<br>ginger coons
<br>
<br>In situ, 3D printed heritage souvenirs: Challenging conventional spaces and
<br>culture
<br>Sam Vettesse, Constantia Anastasiadou
<br>
<br>Hacking the museum? Practices and power geometries at collections
<br>makerspaces in London
<br>Kat Braybrooke
<br>
<br>Redistributed manufacturing and makerspaces: Critical perspectives on the
<br>co-
<br>institutionalisation of practice
<br>Liz Corbin, Hannah Stewart
<br>
<br>Achieving grassroots innovation through multi-lateral collaborations:
<br>Evidence from the field
<br>Silvia Buitrago Guzmán, Pedro Reynolds-Cuellar
<br>
<br>Configuring the independent developer
<br>Tobias Drewlani, David Seibt
<br>
<br>ReMantle and Make: A cross geographical study exploring the role of
<br>makerspaces and the circular economy in Scottish textiles
<br>Paul Smith, Michael Johnson, Lynn-Sayers McHattie
<br>
<br>[[[ PRACTITIONER CONTRIBUTIONS ]]]
<br>
<br>Prototyping the future, reviving the past: Observations of two museums and
<br>their shared workshop approaches in the making
<br>Robert Richter, Daniel Wessolek
<br>
<br>Make Space Prod
<br>Luca M Damiani
<br>
<br>The distorting effect of money, and other lessons learned by a makerspace
<br>funder
<br>Molly Rubenstein, Benjamin Linder, Kofi Taha
<br>
<br>Creating together, learning together: Practices of YCAM in cooperation with
<br>machines
<br>Kazutoshi Tsuda, Mitsuhito Ando, Kazuhiro Jo and Takayuki Ito
<br>
<br>Repair Cafes
<br>Martin Charter
<br>
<br>Excellence in the maker movement
<br>Em O’Sullivan
<br>
<br>Space, Gather, Make: Shared machine shop sound
<br>Vasilis Moschas, Kat Braybrooke, Adrian Smith
<br>
<br>http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-12-makerspaces-and-institutions/
<br>ヾ(-_- )ゞ
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