Essays about: "Maker movement"

Found 5 essays containing the words Maker movement.

1. 1. Welcome to Makers' Utopia? A Sociological Discourse Analysis of Professional Communications on Public Library Makerspaces in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

   Author : Kala Louise Sabado Vinas; [2018]
   Keywords : library makerspace; making; makers; the Maker Movement; Swedish public library makerspace; institutional development plan; sociological discourse analysis; semiology in LIS; rhetorical genre theory; sociotechnical perspective; social imaginaire; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Focusing on Swedish text-based, public library professional communications, this study investigates how discursive constructions in relation to library makerspaces represent and endorse certain institutional values, librarian praxis, and development strategies. The analysis highlights characterisation patterns that emerge through the discursive constructions of making, makers, and makerspaces. READ MORE

3. 2. Towards a Democratisation of Digital Fabrication

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatik

   Author : Victor Nihlwing; [2018]
   Keywords : Digital fabrication; Novices; 3D printing; Maker movement; Embodied interaction; Tangible materials;

   Abstract : Digital fabrication technologies such as 3D printing is predicted to have a significant impact on our future society. However, the complexity of current 3D modelling softwares  risk deterring novices from engaging with the technology. READ MORE

4. 3. Influence of soft materials on student engagement with STEM : Combination of technology, programming, and textiles in a maker movement activity

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

   Author : Ali Hamidi; [2018]
   Keywords : STEM students; Maker Movement tools; fabric textile; Flow theory;

   Abstract : While the computer programing becomes a fundamental skill in the last century, it has been globally acknowledged that there is a decline in number of graduates in disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Many scholars have been addressing this lack of interest and studied student engagement with STEM through variety of engagement programs and activities. READ MORE

5. 4. From Matter to Data and Back Again : Enabling Agency through Digital Fabrication

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatik

   Author : Mikael Hansson; [2018]
   Keywords : Digital fabrication; 3D printing; 3D scanning; 3D modelling; CAD; Generative design; Handicraft; Novices; Makers; Making; Maker movement; Makerspace; Design practise; Learning material;

   Abstract : Digital fabrication technologies such as 3D printers entail a radical change to the traditional consumer-producer paradigm. Combined with other recent developments, self-styled Makers design and fabricate sophisticated devices and interactive technologies that would otherwise never have existed. READ MORE

6. 5. High Flyers : A Study on Competition, Price and Service Quality in the European Aviation Industry

   University essay from IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : James II Finklea; Jakob Kegel; [2005]
   Keywords : competition; price; service quality; business models; low cost carriers; flag carriers;

   Abstract : Background: Since the airline deregulation was completed in 1997, a new business model has emerged in the European civil aviation industry. It has caused a shift in the way people travel within Europe. READ MORE