Makers ambitions to do socially valuable things. Elisabeth Unterfrauner& Christian Voigt Centre for Social Innovation, ZSI, Vienna

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1 Makers ambitions to do socially valuable things Elisabeth Unterfrauner& Christian Voigt Centre for Social Innovation, ZSI, Vienna 1

2 Context Maker Movement Making = DIY with digital fabrication technology DIY culture Re-use of designs (Open Source, CC Licenses) Learning-through-doing in a social environment Neil Gershenfield(Centerfor Bits and Atoms) speaks of the new industrial revolution Dale Dougherty: Maker movement

3 Case explorations

4 Case research process Purposful sampling Case research toolkit Analysis of cases Cross-case analysis MAKER MOVEMENT -Interviews guidelines -Self-reporting -On-site visits etc. -idiosyncratic approach -description of 10 cases -analysis of three research pillars -nomothetic approach -differences and communalities 4

Example case - Happylab FabLab following FabLab charter located in Vienna Foundedin 2010 Around 2,000 members SME Organisation & Governance: accessible to all; minimum fee; low hurdels

5 Example case - Happylab FabLab following FabLab charter located in Vienna Foundedin 2010 Around 2,000 members SME Organisation & Governance: accessible to all; minimum fee; low hurdels technologywise; service infratructure forsafeexperimentationandprototyping; gendergap; Peer & Collaborative Behaviour: loose community; interdisciplinarity; long-term vs. seasonal users Value Creation & Impact: economic value for start-ups; social value; educational value 5

6 Example maker Prototype in Happylab Now SME selling product in developing countries ApprovedbyWHO 6

7 Example maker 7

8 Social Innovation Education Environmental awareness Inclusion 8

9 Educational ambitions Educate children: workshops with schools and kindergartens Interest in STEM Mindshift consumers producers -> prosumers I don t want to have a kid who thinks OK, I want this and where can I buy it, instead of I want this and how can I make it (maker, Croatia). Train skills for job 9

Educational ambitions Hands-on learning: learning from others, collaborative learning, project based learning with people with different backgrounds I think that they are having this traditional

10 Educational ambitions Hands-on learning: learning from others, collaborative learning, project based learning with people with different backgrounds I think that they are having this traditional education that is not preparing them for the real world, to be competitive (...). When one day they have to start working and they are being educated like you just sit and listen and here are 10 pages and then you learn them. Most teachers today are not working this way: they want their pupils to find out for themselves (maker, Croatia). 10

11 Inclusion (1) including diverse kinds of makers in the maker space democratised access for all Mobile maker space Refugee camps Senior-Design-Lab 11

12 Inclusion (2) creating something useful and beneficial for diverse communities Prostheses Assistive technologies: Customised spoon Golf tee Makertonon growing wheelchair 12

13 Printing Body Parts (Prosthesis) Christian Voigt (

14 Fieldready.org Christian Voigt (

15 Environmental awareness Upcycling and recycling: I really like to create things out of junk. This is so cool when you can pick up something from the trash pile and make it into something useful again (maker, Estonia) The repair culture and circular economy: 3D printing can help to repair more things and extend the lifetime of products ( ) There would be production just in time to repair the part, and then you have a more sustainable consumption model because people will repair more (Maker, Denmark). 15

16 Environmental awareness Energy-harvesting flower-pot Mycotecture Hydroponics Water pufication

17 Social Innovation Yes, but micro-level Awareness of societal needs among the maker community but also severe challenges: Market pressures Privacy concerns and uncertainty about intellectual property Economic viability of making -> Nevertheless: source of inspiration 17

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The environmental value of the Maker movement

The environmental value of the Maker movement Elisabeth Unterfrauner* Margit Hofer* Maria Schrammel* Claudia Magdalena Fabian* * Centre for Social Innovation Linke Wienzeile 246, 1150 Vienna Abstract The