Makers, Crafters, Tinkerers: How Identities and Biographies Come into Being

Katrin Nora Kober, Georg Regal, Verena Fuchsberger, Martin Murer, Joanna Kowolik, Nathalia Campreguer França, Dorothé Smit, Fiona Bell, Tara Capel

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Abstract

Interest in making, crafting, and tinkering persists across hobbyist pursuits, professional applications, and academic research endeavors. However, there remains a significant gap in our understanding of the journey individuals undertake to develop respective identities, which, in turn, seem to define how people develop practices, make use of infrastructures, and become part of networks. In this half-day workshop, we aim to explore such biographies and identities, asking how maker, crafter, or tinkerer identities are developed and how they change during people’s lives. Participants will bring snippets of their making (such as artifacts, materials, tools, etc.) with them as means to reflect individually and discuss together. The envisioned outcome is a collection of relevant variables of maker, crafter, and tinkerer biographies and identities to be articulated as inspiration for future making, and as motivation to break down potential barriers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNordiCHI '24 Adjunct
Subtitle of host publicationAdjunct Proceedings of the 2024 Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages1-3
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9798400709654
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2024 - Uppsala, Sweden
Duration: 13 Oct 202416 Oct 2024

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2024
Country/TerritorySweden
CityUppsala
Period13/10/2416/10/24

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Keywords

  • Crafting
  • Identities
  • Making
  • Practice-Based Research
  • Tinkering

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