CAPS community meeting and workshop
Transcript of CAPS community meeting and workshop
Understanding Collective Awareness Platforms with the
Maker Movement
About MAKE-IT
• January2016– December2017• PartnerOrganisations:ResearchFacilities&MakerCommunities
Research Aim
• TheoverallobjectiveoftheMAKE-ITprojectistounderstandtheroleofCollectiveAwarenessPlatforms(CAPs)inhowthemakermovementhasgrownandoperates,particularlyinrelationtousingandcreatingsocialinnovationsandachievingsustainability.
à ExtendCAPsintoanewdomainà Undertakemultidisciplinaryresearchà Undertakeinnovationactionresearchà Contributetothefuturedevelopmentofmakerawarenessandculture
MAKE-ITwillundertakemultidisciplinaryresearchindifferentfieldsincluding:behavioural studies,socialpsychology,sociology,managementinformationsystems,economics,environmentalscience,technological
impactandgovernanceissues.MAKE-ITwillfocustheresearchspecificallyontheroleofCAPsin:
• howmakercommunitiesareorganised andgoverned;• whatmakerparticipantsdoandhowtheybehave;• thevariouswaysthisimpactsonandaddsvaluetosociety.
Work Plan
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