Experiencing making: Silence, Atmosphere and Togetherness in two makerspaces

De Vaujany, F.X.; Aroles, J

Abstract

Craftsmanship, making and do-it-ocracy are prominent elements of the so-called new world of work. In this chapter, we describe the ‘experience of making’ in two makerspaces, one located in France and the other in the United States. In particular, we focus on three concepts – silence, atmosphere and togetherness – in order to flesh out, or make visible, the specificities of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) and Do-It-Together (DIT) processes in makerspaces. We mobilise Merleau-Ponty’s work and an aesthetic perspective on time and place to delve into the experience of making. This leads us to propose the concept of New Collaborative Experiences (NCE), which we define as new modes of feeling and expressing the self and the world in a context that requires a collective production and coordination, as a way of illuminating our two ethnographic accounts.

Citation

De Vaujany, F., & Aroles, J. (2021). Experiencing making: Silence, Atmosphere and Togetherness in two makerspaces. In J. Aroles, F. de Vaujany, & K. Dale (Eds.), Experiencing the New World of Work (84-106). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108865814.007

• Online Publication Date: Dec 24, 2021
• Publication Date: Jan 21, 2021
• Deposit Date: Jan 13, 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 84-106
• Book Title: Experiencing the New World of Work
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108865814.007
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1654910