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4 - Experiencing Making

Silence, Atmosphere and Togetherness in Makerspaces

from Part I - Experiencing at Work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2020

By
François-Xavier de Vaujany  and
Jeremy Aroles
Edited by
Jeremy Aroles ,
François-Xavier de Vaujany  and
Karen Dale
Jeremy Aroles
Affiliation:
Durham University
François-Xavier de Vaujany
Affiliation:
Université Paris-Dauphine
Karen Dale
Affiliation:
Lancaster University
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Summary

Craftsmanship, making and do-it-ocracy are prominent elements of the so-called new world of work. In this chapter, we describe the ‘experience of making’ in two makerspaces, one located in France and the other in the United States. In particular, we focus on three concepts – silence, atmosphere and togetherness – in order to flesh out, or make visible, the specificities of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) and Do-It-Together (DIT) processes in makerspaces. We mobilise Merleau-Ponty’s work and an aesthetic perspective on time and place to delve into the experience of making. This leads us to propose the concept of New Collaborative Experiences (NCE), which we define as new modes of feeling and expressing the self and the world in a context that requires a collective production and coordination, as a way of illuminating our two ethnographic accounts.

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Silenceatmospheretogethernessmakerspacesnew world of work
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Experiencing the New World of Work , pp. 84 - 106
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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