Brief Report on the Convening on Tinkering
In October 2008 I convened a select group of people involved in various aspects of the DIY movement, Makers' Culture, and informal learning projects to discuss the topic of "tinkering as a mode of knowledge production in a digital age." This convening was part of my grant from the MacArthur Foundation on "inspiring the technological imagination" and a consideration of the role of museums and libraries in a digital age.
A brief description of the convening and its organizing framework was described in a Spotlight Blog post for the MacArthur foundation. Included in the post are short video clips of Tinkering participants: John Seely Brown, Alison Clark, Jaimie Cortez, Mike Petrich, and Eric Siegel.
For the archive, the link is:
http://spotlight.macfound.org/main/entry/anne_balsamo_tinkering_videos/