Abstract
This article focuses on the knowledge making process in the maker movement following Finnish craft professor Kojonkoski-Rännäli's account of making by hand. Basing her theory on Martin Heidegger’s philosophical analysis, Kojonkoski-Rännäli sees making by hand as an essential way of existing in the world. Making by hand is a bodily experience where knowledge is acquired by doing, by grasping and making, but it also requires knowledge of the material, process, etc. When immediate grasping-being in the world happens together with comprehension acquired through practice and intellectual knowledge, Kojonkoski-Rännäli calls the act of making a basic intention. This basic intention is crucial in making as it creates profound knowledge of the subject and also involvement and responsibility of the created object. Kojonkoski-Rännäli separates basic intention from instrumental intention, where the process of doing does not generate deep knowledge nor responsibility. Kojonkoski-Rännäli describes industrial processes, including also digital fabrication, through instrumental intention.
In this paper, I describe Kojonkoski-Rännäli's philosophy of doing by hand and then examine if and how maker movement brings basic intention into digital fabrication and why this is important.
In this paper, I describe Kojonkoski-Rännäli's philosophy of doing by hand and then examine if and how maker movement brings basic intention into digital fabrication and why this is important.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Cumulus Association Biannual International Conference, Conference Proceedings |
Publisher | Nottingham Trent University |
Pages | 108-113 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780992887810 |
Publication status | Published - 21 Nov 2016 |
MoE publication type | A4 Conference publication |
Event | Cumulus Conference: In This Place - School of Art & Design Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom Duration: 27 Apr 2016 → 1 May 2016 http://www.cumulusassociation.org/ http://www.cumulusnottingham2016.org/ |
Conference
Conference | Cumulus Conference |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Nottingham |
Period | 27/04/2016 → 01/05/2016 |
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Keywords
- maker movement
- programming
- learning to program
- teaching programming
- creative coding
- craft education
- philosophy