The Role of Responsive Library Makerspaces in Supporting Informal Learning in the Digital Humanities
Makerspaces make a unique contribution to the partnership between academic libraries and digital humanities by providing a creative, informal space for learning skills and new knowledge, sharing materials and equipment, and exploring and experimenting through an problem-solving, inquiry-based learni...
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| author | Miller, Karen Champion, Erik Summers, Lise Lugmayr, Artur Clarke, Marie |
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| description | Makerspaces make a unique contribution to the partnership between academic libraries and digital humanities by providing a creative, informal space for learning skills and new knowledge, sharing materials and equipment, and exploring and experimenting through an problem-solving, inquiry-based learning approach. The concept of the makerspace as a "liminal" space, containing inherent contradictions and tensions between formal and informal learning, structure and agency, forms a basis for understanding the role the makerspace plays in shaping, and being shaped by, a digital humanities community of practice. This chapter discusses particular experiences that demonstrate some of the ways in which the Curtin Library Makerspace in Western Australia has been involved in digital humanities since it was established in 2015. It has nurtured a creative environment for informal learning through facilitating maker activities; fostered collaborations with teaching academics to support the curriculum; and supported the development of longer-term research projects. We discuss the issues particular to each of these experiences, as the Makerspace negotiated the challenge of retaining the informality of the makerspace, while at the same time recognizing the need for infrastructural support to enable it to participate as an equal partner in digital humanities research projects. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-726602019-09-10T06:25:40Z The Role of Responsive Library Makerspaces in Supporting Informal Learning in the Digital Humanities Miller, Karen Champion, Erik Summers, Lise Lugmayr, Artur Clarke, Marie Makerspaces make a unique contribution to the partnership between academic libraries and digital humanities by providing a creative, informal space for learning skills and new knowledge, sharing materials and equipment, and exploring and experimenting through an problem-solving, inquiry-based learning approach. The concept of the makerspace as a "liminal" space, containing inherent contradictions and tensions between formal and informal learning, structure and agency, forms a basis for understanding the role the makerspace plays in shaping, and being shaped by, a digital humanities community of practice. This chapter discusses particular experiences that demonstrate some of the ways in which the Curtin Library Makerspace in Western Australia has been involved in digital humanities since it was established in 2015. It has nurtured a creative environment for informal learning through facilitating maker activities; fostered collaborations with teaching academics to support the curriculum; and supported the development of longer-term research projects. We discuss the issues particular to each of these experiences, as the Makerspace negotiated the challenge of retaining the informality of the makerspace, while at the same time recognizing the need for infrastructural support to enable it to participate as an equal partner in digital humanities research projects. 2018 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72660 10.1016/B978-0-08-102023-4.00007-0 fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Miller, Karen Champion, Erik Summers, Lise Lugmayr, Artur Clarke, Marie The Role of Responsive Library Makerspaces in Supporting Informal Learning in the Digital Humanities |
| title | The Role of Responsive Library Makerspaces in Supporting Informal Learning in the Digital Humanities |
| title_full | The Role of Responsive Library Makerspaces in Supporting Informal Learning in the Digital Humanities |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Responsive Library Makerspaces in Supporting Informal Learning in the Digital Humanities |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Responsive Library Makerspaces in Supporting Informal Learning in the Digital Humanities |
| title_short | The Role of Responsive Library Makerspaces in Supporting Informal Learning in the Digital Humanities |
| title_sort | role of responsive library makerspaces in supporting informal learning in the digital humanities |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72660 |