The Maker Movement evolved out of a DIY (or Do It Yourself) ethos, morphing into an approach to learning. From YouTube video how-to’s to hacking your electronics, the Maker Movement has reshaped how we interact with our physical environments, beyond software to hardware. But as this movement has evolved, particularly in higher education, we see the power of the Maker Movement to critically and consciously engage with our material world.
Suggested Readings
- What is Critical Making?
- Conversations in Critical Making
- Connecting Making, Designing, and Composing
- Why I am not a Maker
- The Dark Side of DIY
- Building Rhetoric One Bit at a Time
Tools and Resources
- UMW ThinkLab
- Thingiverse
- Critical Making Syllabus
- Critical Making Lab
- Invent to Learn Resources
- Critical Making: A Manifesto (with projects!)
Suggested Tasks
- Create a Critical Making manifesto (or anti-Critical Making manifesto)
- Build a Critical Making Project
