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Online Maker Communities : Craft and Engagement with Cultural Heritage
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Sabiescu, Amalia G. Woolley, Martin Cummings, Catherine Prins, Janine |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | This paper examines the spaces of engagement with cultural heritage afforded by online maker communities. We argue that engagements with heritage in maker spaces, online and offline, are influenced by a strong craft ethos, which is one of the main reasons why these communities emerge and is for many members the main motivation to join and contribute. This ethos contributes to the outline and basic mechanisms by which communities are shaped, and contributes to configuring hubs of learning and exchange which recall the traditional craft guilds of the past, whilst featuring as well contemporary attributes that are unique for the digital era. Involvement in ‘virtual guilds’ shapes distinctive engagements with craft-related cultural heritage in online spaces and stimulates offline engagements that move dynamically between transmission and creative appropriation in new craft, art or design products. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://culturalheritagecommunities.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/chcomm_2-0.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
