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Experimenting with novel socio–technical configurations: the domestication of digital fabrication technologies in FabLabs

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posted on 2023-06-09, 04:36 authored by Sabine Hielscher
Grassroots digital fabrication workshops (such as FabLabs), and associated technologies (such as 3D printers), are attracting increasing attention as a potential source for addressing a variety of social and environmental challenges. Through an analysis of an in–depth case study on FabLabs, this paper aims to provide insights into the practices emerging in these workshops, and realities of the relationship between its members and technologies that are currently under–researched. It does this by drawing upon the domestication literature that concerns itself with how people use, adapt and reject technologies and integrate them into their life. The paper examines the significance of the interactions between people and technologies in FabLabs, and offers concluding reflections on the role of these relationships within broader social and environmental changes.

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Research Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand; G1020; RCUK-RESEARCH COUNCILS UK; EP/K011790/1

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  • Published

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  • Published version

Journal

Digital Culture and Society

ISSN

2364-2114

Publisher

De Gruyter

Issue

1

Volume

3

Page range

47-72

Book title

Digital culture & society: making and hacking

ISBN

9783837638202

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  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

Karin Wenz, Pablo Abend, Ramón Reichert, Annika Richterich, Mathias Fuchs

Legacy Posted Date

2017-06-29

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-06-28

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-01-06

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