The contribution reflects on how the proximity between the actors of originally bottom-up Making Culture and public administrations can stimulate a virtuous urban Culture of Making, that is economically sustainable and well distributed in the city. The article starts with an overview of the “economy of Making” today on a global and European scale, focusing then on the Italian context. In particular, making issues in the regional context was investigated with a general mapping and a series of interviews, highlighting misalignments between the makers’ initial objectives and the everyday reality of making. As a potential response, the contribution presents the partial findings of a European project that intervenes at the level of local policies to support the activities of design and distributed manufacturing manufacturing and proposes a format and toolkit that analyzes the ecosystem of makerspaces in a city / region, to then formulate operational proposals to support for innovative activities with an economic and social impact.

Making in Proximity: Design Policies for collaborative making cultures / Monaco, Lina; D'Elia, Luca; Malakuczi, Viktor. - (2021), pp. 2920-2930. (Intervento presentato al convegno Cumulus Roma 2021. Design Culture(s) tenutosi a Roma).

Making in Proximity: Design Policies for collaborative making cultures

Lina Monaco
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Luca D’Elia;Viktor Malakuczi
2021

Abstract

The contribution reflects on how the proximity between the actors of originally bottom-up Making Culture and public administrations can stimulate a virtuous urban Culture of Making, that is economically sustainable and well distributed in the city. The article starts with an overview of the “economy of Making” today on a global and European scale, focusing then on the Italian context. In particular, making issues in the regional context was investigated with a general mapping and a series of interviews, highlighting misalignments between the makers’ initial objectives and the everyday reality of making. As a potential response, the contribution presents the partial findings of a European project that intervenes at the level of local policies to support the activities of design and distributed manufacturing manufacturing and proposes a format and toolkit that analyzes the ecosystem of makerspaces in a city / region, to then formulate operational proposals to support for innovative activities with an economic and social impact.
2021
Cumulus Roma 2021. Design Culture(s)
collaboration; fab lab; policy; innovation; workshop
04 Pubblicazione in atti di convegno::04b Atto di convegno in volume
Making in Proximity: Design Policies for collaborative making cultures / Monaco, Lina; D'Elia, Luca; Malakuczi, Viktor. - (2021), pp. 2920-2930. (Intervento presentato al convegno Cumulus Roma 2021. Design Culture(s) tenutosi a Roma).
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