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?