Why make (in india)
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Makerspaces provide access to basic engineering workshop tools like 3D printers, as well as craft supplies, for nominal or no cost. They often have an educational component. Many non-franchised makerspaces have emerged in India since the first FabLab opened in 2002 through collaboration between MIT and IIT-Kharagpur. Makerspaces allow people to use tools to make fun science and art projects out of materials like LED lights, metal, wood, and cloth. They also raise issues around who has access to making, whether it is sustainable, and how makerspaces can benefit communities in India.
Why make (in india)
- 1. WHY MAKE (IN INDIA)? Asking all the boring questions
- 2. Makerspaces Makerspaces, generally collaborative working spaces equipped with basic engineering workshop tools (for carpentry, soldering, molding, cutting etc) but also with incoming experimental technology such as 3D printers as well as sewing and craft supplies. They provide access to such spaces and technologies at nominal cost or for free. Often involve an educational component. Since the inception of the first FabLab in Pune as a result of the collaboration between MIT and IIT- Kharagpur in 2002, many nonfranchised makerspaces have emerged across India.
- 3. Who makes Is making an educational activity, an innovative act, an entrepreneurial culture or a political statement? Why Make? DIY making cultures emerged in response to: Disengagement with STEM subjects Consumerism and mass production An urge to learn and physically explore
- 4. What is made? An emphasis on hobbyist technology making: Use 3D printers, laser cutters, sewing machines and other tools Making fun science and art projects with LED lights, metal, wood, cloth fabrication History and legacies in community science centers for children, artisanal cultures
- 5. Labor, hierarchies and making Issues of focus: sustainability, health, food, consumer technologies Understanding detournement the path to hell is paved with noble intentions Who is being taught making? Students, engineers, Makerspaces as gendered and class specific How sustainable is making and running a makerspace? The underbelly of making pirate makers, craftsmen, women, blue collar work
- 6. Make in Indi a What can making do for a community and country? In India, what do makers view as their contribution or role socially? Given the massive investment and rising government and academic interest around social justice hackathons, innovation sprints as well as makerspaces (FabLabs and others), how can we assemble a coherent picture of the movement? Make Zine ? Integrating within existing practices vs disrupting?