Dismantling the Products of Global Flows: A Model for a Children's Global (Un)Makerspace

Autor/inn/en	Velicu, Anca; Giannis, Greg
Titel	Dismantling the Products of Global Flows: A Model for a Children's Global (Un)Makerspace
Quelle	In: Global Studies of Childhood, 10 (2020) 3, S.289-303 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Velicu, Anca)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2043-6106
DOI	10.1177/2043610620944927
Schlagwörter	Play; Toys; Electronics; Foreign Countries; Learning Activities; Creativity; Citizen Participation; Conservation (Environment); Recycling; STEM Education; Elementary School Students; After School Programs; Creative Activities; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spiel; Toy; Spielzeug; Elektronik; Ausland; Lernaktivität; Kreativität; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; STEM; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Australien
Abstract	This article discusses one specific form of makerspace for children -- hereafter, referred to as (un)makerspace -- whose activities consist mainly in dismantling discarded toys and electronics, characterised as a global makerspace. The article presents the activities of children participating in a number of makerspaces in Melbourne, Australia. The 'materials' children engaged with, mostly discarded toys and electronics, the detritus of global capitalist flows, became of prime importance and active agents in activities undertaken. The participants' engagement consisted predominantly of dismantling of the 'waste' and creating new assemblages from the remains. Aiming to answer the question of how much playing, creativity and learning opportunities could children encounter in an (un)makerspace, the article will be theoretically framed by posthumanism and new materialism theory. We end with the proposition that (un)makerspaces present underrepresented and underappreciated pedagogical and civic-engagement opportunities. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01