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Hackerspaces: Making the Maker Movement
Sarah R. Davies
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Description for Hackerspaces: Making the Maker Movement
Hardback. A new industrial revolution. The age of making. From bits to atoms. Many people are excited by the possibilities offered by new fabrication technologies like 3D printers, and the way in which they are being used in hacker and makerspaces. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
A new industrial revolution. The age of making. From bits to atoms. Many people are excited by the possibilities offered by new fabrication technologies like 3D printers, and the way in which they are being used in hacker and makerspaces. But why is the power of hacking and making an idea whose time has come? Hackerspaces: Making the Maker Movement takes the rise of the maker movement as its starting point. Hacker and makerspaces, fab labs, and DIY bio spaces are emerging all over the world. Based on a study of hacker and makerspaces across the US, the book explores ... Read more
A new industrial revolution. The age of making. From bits to atoms. Many people are excited by the possibilities offered by new fabrication technologies like 3D printers, and the way in which they are being used in hacker and makerspaces. But why is the power of hacking and making an idea whose time has come? Hackerspaces: Making the Maker Movement takes the rise of the maker movement as its starting point. Hacker and makerspaces, fab labs, and DIY bio spaces are emerging all over the world. Based on a study of hacker and makerspaces across the US, the book explores ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509501168
SKU
V9781509501168
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Sarah R. Davies
Sarah R. Davies is a Marie Curie Research Fellow in the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen.
Reviews for Hackerspaces: Making the Maker Movement
This is a well-written guide to hackerspaces and the rise of the maker movement. The book pleasingly embraces all kinds of making a point made from the first page onwards, where sourdough-making is equated with more high-tech practices and includes honest discussion of gender issues and exclusion. Excellent. David Gauntlett, University of Westminster Sarah Davies provides deep insight ... Read more