Democratizing technology: Pleasure, utility and expressiveness in DIY and Maker practice

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2603-2612

  Tanenbaum, Theresa Jean ^a   Williams, Amanda M ^b   Desjardins, Audrey ^a   Tanenbaum, Karen ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Wyld Collective Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appropriation; Craft; Design theory; DIY; Hacking; Maker culture; Steampunk

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; PERSONAL COMPUTING;

APPROPRIATION; CRAFT; DESIGN THEORY; DIGITAL SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE; PERSONALIZATIONS; PROFESSIONAL DESIGNERS; STEAMPUNK;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

EID: 84877985957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2470654.2481360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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