[Makerspace-keymembers] Fwd: Question of Citizenship and Makerspace

[Emily Knox]

I also think that we are more of a community of empowerment than a space of
disruption.  I know that the narrative on Makerspaces focuses on
anti-consumerism but I just don't think that fits with our overall ethos.

Just my own thoughts.


On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Emily Knox <emilyknox at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think that's a really really really really really good idea.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Monica Marie Carr <monica.mcarr at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I wish that the professor would just tell his student's that they can
>> come to open hours. I got interviewed at Maker Faire for what I believe is
>> the same class project. I think we should have Maggie forward that message
>> to her class. And I can write her back.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Jeffrey Putney <quaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I didn't reply yet but I found this to be a very intriguing inquiry.
>>> Anyone want to write back and maybe invite them to open hours sometime?
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Maggie Johnson <maggie94.johnson at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 4:43 PM
>>> Subject: Question of Citizenship and Makerspace
>>> To: makerspaceu at gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>> To whom it may concern,
>>> Hello my name is Maggie Johnson and I am a student at the University of
>>> Illinois.  I am taking a course on citizenship and I have to write a final
>>> paper on an organization in the area that applies to citizenship. I have
>>> decided to write about Makerspace mainly because it seems that this
>>> organization is making a statement that people should be more self
>>> efficient and kind of steer away from consumer based society. With the
>>> resources Makerspace has to offer, it could mean that this organization is
>>> teaching people that anyone and everyone has a right to knowing how to make
>>> their own products and encourage the community to come together and find
>>> ways to express their voice within at least the city of Urbana. I just
>>> wanted to see if you feel the same or if there is anything different that
>>> you feel Makerspace has to offer as far as creating disruptive citizenship
>>> in a world where the market is the dominant force in our lives. Thank you
>>>  --Maggie Johnson
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jeffrey Putney
>>> Senior Software Engineer
>>> Diagnostic Photonics
>>> 217-766-6580
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Monica Carr
>> Doctoral Student
>> Department of Anthropology
>> University of Illinois
>> mmcarr2 at illinois.edu
>>
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