We Don't Need Another Hero

Makerspaces and Maker Culture

Adrian McEwen

@amcewen

@DoESLiverpool

Ask me about Museum in a Box

http://museuminabox.org

DoES Liverpool. Now (2018)

https://doesliverpool.com

DoES Liverpool. Then (2011)

https://doesliverpool.com

Uncertain times...

Climate Change?

Lone Genius?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_Garage.jpg

We think of these people as outsiders, which I think is kind of an achievement if you consider that they're all highly educated, Western, white men."

Ella Fitzsimmons

@fitzsimple

UK Maker Culture is Collaborative

https://twitter.com/Jimmytidey/status/798919149292572672

UK Maker Belt

https://makerbelt.org.uk

We didn't all carefully avoid becoming the face of the maker movement for no reason, we knew that figureheads are gatekeepers."

Hannah Stewart

@Freerange_Inc

Scenius stands for the intelligence and the intuition of a whole cultural scene.  It is the communal form of the concept of the genius."

Brian Eno

Poetry Robots

Poetry Robots

Poetry Robots

Poetry Robots

Barn-raising

Barn-raising

Barn-raising

Barn-raising

Tech Know Samba

Tech Know Samba

Tech Know Samba

Tech Know Samba

It's not about the tools,  it's about giving people agency in the world and the urge to make it better.