Community-based approaches to participatory design, such as the design workshop,
promise to engage underserved populations in collaborative dialog and provide a platform …

The “sharing economy” has promised more sustainable use of the world's finite resources,
exploiting latency and promoting renting rather than ownership through digital networks. But …

In this paper we explore gender issues in the maker movement using four different methods
of data analysis: standardised questionnaires, analysis of makerspaces' social media …

Researchers in human-centered computing have surfaced a feminist ethic of care in
interaction with technologies, in data collection, and in data work. Drawing on two years of …

Participation in out-of-school learning programs has been shown to generate significant
academic, social/emotional, and institutional benefits for young learners, and today's …

Data science is an interdisciplinary field that extracts insights from data through a multi-stage
process of data collection, analysis and use. When data science is applied for social good, a …

As digital fabrication machines have become more accessible and widely available,
practitioners in maker communities have become increasingly responsive to the …

Making medical devices in healthcare settings engages practitioners in organizational
innovation. Nurses improvise physical workarounds at the bedside in response to patient …

This paper commences a geographical engagement with makerspaces, hacklabs, and other
workshop spaces which form part of a broader 'maker movement'. It examines the arts of …

In this paper, we describe and analyze the data practices of an activist non-profit, the
Housing Justice League. We focus on their Tenant Power Hotline, a community outreach …