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Farina, Kate; Nitsche, Michael

doi:10.1145/2783446.2783571

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“…Older adults are being swept up into visions of making for all, with research eforts towards making "making" more accessible and approachable [13,22,32,47]. Often, these eforts are framed in terms of benefts that they bring to older adults, such as a greater sense of agency or control [13,47].…”

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Studying the Formation of an Older Adult-Led Makerspace

Lazar

Pradhan

Jelen

et al. 2021

Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Makerspaces are being introduced in a wide variety of settings, including community settings such as schools and libraries. Older adults are one group for whom making agendas are being pursued, with envisioned outcomes such as supporting agency and well-being. However, research on making and DIY with older adults typically study individuals who are already engaged in making practices or bring individuals in to a technology environment that has already been created. In this paper, we study the older adult-driven formation of a makerspace in an independent living community. Through an ethnographically-informed approach, we studied the ways that individuals considered appropriate allocation of resources towards a makerspace, scoped activities, evaluated goals, and made trade-ofs. Our analysis is centered around describing the way that this makerspace formed as well as three ways that individuals made sense of the makerspace as the planning unfolded: the openness of a space that promises to cater to interests of the population; the promise of a makerspace to involve more residents in technology, but the need to obscure the technology to make it appealing; and a valuation of the return on investment for limited fnancial and space resources. Our discussion contributes to supporting and studying early adoption of technology by older adults, complicates visions of "making for all, " and presents considerations regarding the often under-specifed community of a makerspace.

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confidence: 99%

Studying the Formation of an Older Adult-Led Makerspace

Lazar

Pradhan

Jelen

et al. 2021

Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Profiling Target and Potential Learners Today and into the Future

Hai-Jew

2018

Designing Instruction for Open Sharing

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Sustaining the Usefulness and Appeal of an Older Adult-led Makerspace through Developing and Adapting Resources

Hu,

Pradhan,

Bonsignore

et al. 2024

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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Researchers are studying makerspaces as one way to support older adults in learning about and using new technologies and tools. In this paper, through a long-term (34 months), ethnographic approach, we study the ways that older adults arranged sociotechnical resources to sustain the community use of a makerspace. Our analysis identifies three interconnected resources that were developed: an adaptive staffing approach that could withstand constant personnel shifts and shortages; structured activities to draw interest and overcome challenges associated with learning to use the machines; and reference materials to support individuals in independent usage of the space. We describe the issues that arose as time went on with each of these resource types, and how individuals affiliated with the makerspace adapted the resources to address these issues. In the discussion, we extend best practices by reflecting on strategies that worked well in the makerspace, such as drawing interest through introductory classes, as well as different purposes for reference materials to support technology use.

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Outside the brick

Cited by 3 publications

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Studying the Formation of an Older Adult-Led Makerspace

Studying the Formation of an Older Adult-Led Makerspace

Profiling Target and Potential Learners Today and into the Future

Sustaining the Usefulness and Appeal of an Older Adult-led Makerspace through Developing and Adapting Resources

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