Maker Assembly

2. Maker Urbanism
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Rebecca Ross

3. Dr Rebecca Ross
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
Senior Lecturer & MA Course Leader
Graphic Communication Design
Twitter: @handsinmachines

34. Cory Doctorow describes Makers as “people who
hack hardware, business-models, and living
arrangements to discover ways of staying alive
and happy even when the economy is falling
down the toilet.”

36. Does and how could maker culture scale up and
contribute to changes on a larger scale?

37. Does and how could maker culture scale up and
contribute to changes on a larger scale?
Is there a relationship between maker culture
and grass roots urban activism and advocacy?

38. Does and how could maker culture scale up and
contribute to changes on a larger scale?
Is there a relationship between maker culture
and grass roots urban activism and advocacy?
How could making aggregate and connect with
broader infrastructures, cultures, and power
dynamics in cities?

39. Does and how could maker culture scale up and
contribute to changes on a larger scale?
Is there a relationship between maker culture
and grass roots urban activism and advocacy?
How could making aggregate and connect with
broader infrastructures, cultures, and power
dynamics in cities?
Maker-isim at it's worst it can sometimes be
individualistic and driven by techno-fetishism for
its own sake–how do we avoid this?

40. Does and how could maker culture scale up and
contribute to changes on a larger scale?
Is there a relationship between maker culture
and grass roots urban activism and advocacy?
How could making aggregate and connect with
broader infrastructures, cultures, and power
dynamics in cities?
Maker-isim at it's worst it can sometimes be
individualistic and driven by techno-fetishism for
its own sake–how do we avoid this?
And, is maker culture complicit in the negative
effects of gentrification?

41. Torre David, Caracas, before 2014 eviction

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45. Waag Society Amsterdam RealTime, 2002

46. Waag Society Amsterdam RealTime, 2002

47. Waag Society Amsterdam RealTime, 2002

48. Waag Society Amsterdam RealTime, 2002

49. Waag Society Amsterdam RealTime, 2002

50. Waag Society Amsterdam RealTime, 2002

51. D.I.Y. to D.I.Y.T.F.I.B.I.

52. A call to action!
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53. A call to action!
Keeping doing it yourself but definitely ask why.
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54. A call to action!
Keeping doing it yourself but definitely ask why.
What is the context? What are you responding to?
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55. A call to action!
Keeping doing it yourself but definitely ask why.
What is the context? What are you responding to?
What are the consequences? Potentials?
D.I.Y. to D.I.Y.T.F.I.B.I.

56. A call to action!
Keeping doing it yourself but definitely ask why.
What is the context? What are you responding to?
What are the consequences? Potentials?
How is it important? What does it mean?
D.I.Y. to D.I.Y.T.F.I.B.I.

57. A call to action!
Keeping doing it yourself but definitely ask why.
What is the context? What are you responding to?
What are the consequences? Potentials?
How is it important? What does it mean?
Who could it be shared with and how?
D.I.Y. to D.I.Y.T.F.I.B.I.

58. A call to action!
Keeping doing it yourself but definitely ask why.
What is the context? What are you responding to?
What are the consequences? Potentials?
How is it important? What does it mean?
Who could it be shared with and how?
How could it feedback into your neighbourhood,
your city, and the broader human project?
D.I.Y. to D.I.Y.T.F.I.B.I.

59. A call to action!
Keeping doing it yourself but definitely ask why.
What is the context? What are you responding to?
What are the consequences? Potentials?
How is it important? What does it mean?
Who could it be shared with and how?
How could it feedback into your neighbourhood,
your city, and the broader human project?
D.I.Y.T.F.I.B.I. = Do ItYourself Then Feed It Back In
D.I.Y. to D.I.Y.T.F.I.B.I.

60. Thank You