Maker Movement creating knowledge through basic intention

Authors

  • Tomi Dufva Aalto-University, the school of Arts, Design and Architecture

Abstract

Maker movement is often celebrated as a rekindled interest in making by hand, as well as a promise for new forms of manufacturing and economic growth. In contrast to this popularized image, the theoretical background in the maker movement remains ambivalent. This article takes a look at the theoretical foundation of the maker movement and proposes a phenomenological approach to making by hand as a framework for maker movement.
A particular focus is on the knowledge making process in the maker movement following Finnish craft researcher Kojonkoski-Rännäli's account of making by hand. Basing her theory on Martin Heidegger’s philosophical analysis, Kojonkoski-Rännäli sees making by hand an essential way of existing in the world: making by hand develops not only maker’s handicraft skills but also her/his knowledge, responsibility and caring for the world as it appears to her/him through the act of making.
In this paper, I explore maker movements’ relation to Kojonkoski-Rännäli’s philosophy of making by hand. Moreover, I focus on how the maker movements approach to digital and digitalization relate to making by hand.


Keywords: Maker movement, code literacy, craft education, philosophy, making by hand


Author Biography

Tomi Dufva, Aalto-University, the school of Arts, Design and Architecture

Doctoral student at Aalto-University, the school of Arts, Design and Architecture

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Published

2017-12-20

How to Cite

Dufva, T. (2017). Maker Movement creating knowledge through basic intention. Techne Series - Research in Sloyd Education and Craft Science A, 24(2). Retrieved from https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/techneA/article/view/1910

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 2 (2017)

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Artikler

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