Re-making the library makerspace : critical theories, reflections, and practices / Maggie Melo and Jennifer T. Nichols, editors

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Edited by Library Juice Press - 2020

The Maker Movement is a social phenomenon that has generated excitement around tech-centric making and learning throughout the world since the mid-2000s. Hailing from Silicon Valley, the Maker Movement has inspired hundreds of libraries across the US to integrate makerspaces into their own ecosystems to further support users' learning and discovery. While the affordances of the Maker Movement have been highlighted extensively over the past decade, the limitations and drawbacks of this movement have been largely overshadowed. The Maker Movement has popularized a narrow, classist, predominantly white, and heteronormative conceptualization of maker culture. Makerspaces, like libraries, are not neutral, but rather are imbued with ideologies stemming from Silicon Valley that consequently dictate who makes, why making occurs, and what is considered making. This edited collection centers the limitations and challenges emerging from this particular brand of 'maker culture, ' and emphasizes the critical work that is being done to cultivate anti-oppressive, inclusive and equitable making environments.

Introduction. Centering Voices from the Margins : Unsettling the Exceptionalist Lore of Makerspaces / Maggie Melo and Jennifer T. Nichols. Who Belongs in the Makerspace ? Power and Critical Theories. Critical Race Theory and Makerspaces : A Practical Approach / Jennifer Brown. Who Belongs in the Makerspace ? Experiences of Women of Color in an Academic Library Makerspace / Anthony Sanchez, Danielle Dolan-Sanchez, and Vicki Lázaro. Reimagining the Thirdspace through the Makerspace / Anna Montana Cirell, Nadia Kellam, Audrey Boklage, and Brooke Coley. From Needs Analysis to Power Analysis : A Framework to Examine & Broker Power in Makerspaces / Brianna Marshall and Maggie Melo. Movement, Empathy, and Inclusion in Youth Makerspaces. Making the Body : Physical Activity in Makerspaces / Noah Lenstra and Heather Moorefield-Lang. Trauma-Informed Making / Heather Lister. Peace Prescription : Inclusive Making in School Libraries / Kyungwon Koh, Xun Ge, Lo Lee, Kathryn R. Lewis, Shirley Simmons, and Lee B. Nelson. Counternarratives. Barriers to Inclusivity in Makerspaces / DiMitri Higginbotham and Rob Rouse. Supporting Making in Libraries Rather than Makerspaces: Rethinking the (Maker)space for Rural Libraries / Aubrey Rogowski, Victor R. Lee, and Mimi Recker. The Feminist Makerspace: Smashing the Patriarchy with Crafting, Mentorship, and Connection / Meaghan Moody and Chava Spivak-Birndorf. Interrogating What We Mean by "Making" : Stories from Women Who Make in Community / Bibhushana Poudyal, Tetyana Zhyvotovska, Estefania Castillo, Nora Rivera, Ann Shivers-McNair, Joy Robinson, and Laura Gonzales. Re-Imagined Makerspaces : Policies, Procedures, and Culture. Makerspace Collaboration as Dialogue and Resistance / Sanjeet Mann. Diversity by Design : How to Create and Sustain an Inclusive Academic Library Makerspace / Katie Musick Peery and Morgan Chivers. Hiring, Training, Designing, and Hosting: A Case Study of an Inclusive Library Makerspace / John T. Sherrill. Confronting Expectations: Reflections on Impostor Syndrome in the Maker Movement / Leanne Nay.

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