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
Share Proceeding
Featured papers
See MoreFeatured
A1. Trusting and Acting on Chance Online
Shivaun Anderberg, University of Sydney, Australia
Ellen Garbarino, University of Sydney, Australia
Featured
Toward Optimal Symbolic Recovery: Why and When “Thank you” is Better than “Sorry” in Addressing Service Delays
Yanfen You, New Mexico State University, USA
Xiaojing Yang, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA
Lili Wang, Zhejiang University
Xiaoyan Deng, Ohio State University, USA
Featured
M11. Motivated to Be Moral: The Effect of Nostalgia on Consumers’ Recycling Behavior
Xiadan Zhang, Renmin University of China
Xiushuang Gong, Jiangnan University
Jing Jiang, Renmin University of China