The Maker Movement and its relationship with contexts of socioeconomic inequality: a Fab Lab Livre SP Network case study

The Maker Movement and its relationship with contexts of socioeconomic inequality: a Fab Lab Livre SP Network case study

Yamana, Daniella Naomi; Campos, Paulo Eduardo Fonseca de

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The aim of this article is to analyze and discuss the implementation of the Fab Lab Livre SP Network, a public network of digital fabrication laboratories located in the city of São Paulo, in a context of large popularization of the Maker Movement and its premises of technological democratization. Based on quantitative user data and on-site experience acquired through a practical workshop, results show different processes of digital fabrication technology appropriation according to the territorial distribution of these public Fab Labs - which include extremely vulnerable places, such as slums. Considering the heterogeneity of urban and social conditions found in São Paulo, the proposed discussion here situates digital fabrication technologies and the Maker Movement from a socioeconomic inequality perspective, typical of Latin American countries.

The aim of this article is to analyze and discuss the implementation of the Fab Lab Livre SP Network, a public network of digital fabrication laboratories located in the city of São Paulo, in a context of large popularization of the Maker Movement and its premises of technological democratization. Based on quantitative user data and on-site experience acquired through a practical workshop, results show different processes of digital fabrication technology appropriation according to the territorial distribution of these public Fab Labs - which include extremely vulnerable places, such as slums. Considering the heterogeneity of urban and social conditions found in São Paulo, the proposed discussion here situates digital fabrication technologies and the Maker Movement from a socioeconomic inequality perspective, typical of Latin American countries.

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DOI: 10.5151/sigradi2022-sigradi2022_109

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Yamana, Daniella Naomi; Campos, Paulo Eduardo Fonseca de; "The Maker Movement and its relationship with contexts of socioeconomic inequality: a Fab Lab Livre SP Network case study", p-455-466. In: XXVI International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics. São Paulo: Blucher, 2023.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/sigradi2022-sigradi2022_109