Makers and non-makers
The quote that I have chosen: “I am not a maker. In a framing and value system is about creating artifacts, specifically ones you can sell, I am a less valuable human.” It’s a short quote, but it really sums… Continue Reading
Why I am not a maker
Welders and Stay-at-Home Dads
A quote often attributed to Gloria Steinem says: “We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.” Debbie Chachra, “Why I Am Not a Maker,” The Atlantic, January 23,… Continue Reading
Luisa ponders value systems in the Digital Humanities:
The cultural primacy of making, especially in tech culture — that it is intrinsically superior to not-making, to repair, analysis, and especially caregiving — is informed by the gendered history of who made things, and in particular, who made things that… Continue Reading
