In the making : digital fabrication and disability /
The basic principles of digital fabrication, the transformation from concept to physical entity, offer intriguing possibilities for aesthetic and cultural readings, particularly from the perspectives of disability. Online, open access maker communities mean that anyone with an internet connection an...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wilmington, Delaware :
Vernon Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Vernon series in sociology.
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| Summary: | The basic principles of digital fabrication, the transformation from concept to physical entity, offer intriguing possibilities for aesthetic and cultural readings, particularly from the perspectives of disability. Online, open access maker communities mean that anyone with an internet connection and a desktop 3D printer is able to download and print a wide variety of replicable and customisable objects. What might this mean for disabled people? As digital fabrication technologies enter mainstream society, In the making poses urgently applicable questions about presence, existence, and authenticity and begins to suggest how we might explore them. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 125 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [119]-122) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781622733309 1622733304 |