Fix, Make, Burn Or Blow Things Up! How Makerspaces Foster Consumer Empowerment
Makerspaces are collaborative places for tinkering, creating, experimenting, and sharing knowledge and experiences using tools and technologies. Based on the analysis of two different makerspaces, the present research aims to investigate how participation in makerspaces transforms consumers’ relationships with products and consumption, and, more specifically, fosters consumer empowerment.
Citation:
CAITLIN ELIZABETH SIMARD and *Maribel Carvalho Suarez (2020) ,"Fix, Make, Burn Or Blow Things Up! How Makerspaces Foster Consumer Empowerment ", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 48, eds. Jennifer Argo, Tina M. Lowrey, and Hope Jensen Schau, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 130-133.
Authors
CAITLIN ELIZABETH SIMARD, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
*Maribel Carvalho Suarez, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Volume
NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 48 | 2020
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