Amazing job last night everyone!!
As I mentioned, this is one of the few weeks where you will not be making. One major goal in this exercise was to begin to think not only about the process and the craft, but also the communities and identities that exist around them. This week, let’s spend some time with theory, history, and anthropology to step back and reflect a bit:
- Bring your Arduino and supplies
- Watch “Arduino The Documentary”
- Read this article about Arduino v. Arduino (post a comment if you find another article around this that you’d like to share)
- Read this paper: (I will email it to you)
- Buechley, L. and Perner-Wilson, H. 2012. Crafting technologies: Reimagining the processes, materials, and cultures of electronics. ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact. 19, 3, Article 21 (October 2012), 21 pages. DOI = 10.1145/2362364.2362369 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2362364.2362369
- After doing all of the above, write a blog post that answers the questions below. It doesn’t have to be long, but I would like you to spend a good amount of time reflecting on these:
- How do you identify / classify yourself? Choose as many as you would like from the following and feel free to add to it. Briefly explain why you chose them.
- storyteller
- maker
- engineer
- coder
- designer
- artist
- learner
- hacker
- research
- educator
- gamer
- craftsperson
- [other?]
- What is your favorite tool and why? (I’m going to put one restriction on this – you’re not allowed to say computer:)
- Reflect on your experience learning a new craft (both independently and from other people in class) and teaching it to other people. Some questions you could address: What did you like about the process? What was frustrating? What insight did you gain? What would you do differently next time?
- How do you identify / classify yourself? Choose as many as you would like from the following and feel free to add to it. Briefly explain why you chose them.