Benefits and the hidden face of the maker movement : thoughts on its appropriation in African context
Authors: | Mboa Nkoudou, Thomas Hervé |
Other Title(s): | Os benefícios e a face oculta do movimento maker : Reflexões sobre sua apropriação no contexto africano |
Abstract: | The aim of this paper is to explore benefits and critics of the maker movement, in the perspective of its adoption in African context. The method used is a literature review, which reveals that the maker movement is embodied in hacker ethics, DIY and free software ideologies. These ideologies bring values like openness, sharing, inclusion, democratization, and collaboration which are the core of the social, economic and political benefits of the maker movement. Even if these benefits are infiltrated by capitalism, the quest of cognitive justice and the Commons philosophy, seems to be the right epistemological tools for the adoption of the maker movement in Africa. |
Document Type: | Article de recherche |
Issue Date: | 1 May 2017 |
Open Access Date: | 28 June 2017 |
Document version: | VoR |
Permalink: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/14543 |
This document was published in: | LIINC em revista du Brésil, vol.13 (1), 72-88, (2017) https://doi.org/10.18617/liinc.v13i1.3774 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Laboratório Interdisciplinar sobre Informação e Conhecimento. |
Alternative version: | 10.18617/liinc.v13i1.3774 |
Collection: | Articles publiés dans des revues avec comité de lecture |
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