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    The Role of Responsive Library Makerspaces in Supporting Informal Learning in the Digital Humanities

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    Authors
    Miller, Karen
    Champion, Erik
    Summers, Lise
    Lugmayr, Artur
    Clarke, Marie
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Book Chapter
    
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    Miller, K. and Champion, E. and Summers, L. and Lugmayr, A. and Clarke, M. 2018. The Role of Responsive Library Makerspaces in Supporting Informal Learning in the Digital Humanities, in Robin Kear, R. and Joranson, K. (ed), Digital Humanities, Libraries, and Partnerships: A Critical Examination of Labor, Networks, and Community, pp. 91-105. Cambridge, MA: Chandos Publishing.
    Source Title
    Digital Humanities, Libraries, and Partnerships: A Critical Examination of Labor, Networks, and Community
    DOI
    10.1016/B978-0-08-102023-4.00007-0
    ISBN
    9780081020241
    School
    School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry (MCASI)
    Remarks

    This pre-print is a version of the contribution to appear in "Digital Humanities, Libraries, and Partnerships: A Critical Examination of Labor, Networks, and Community" edited by Robin Kear and Kate Joranson. Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72660
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Makerspaces make a unique contribution to the partnership between academic libraries and digital humanities by providing a creative, informal space for learning skills and new knowledge, sharing materials and equipment, and exploring and experimenting through an problem-solving, inquiry-based learning approach. The concept of the makerspace as a "liminal" space, containing inherent contradictions and tensions between formal and informal learning, structure and agency, forms a basis for understanding the role the makerspace plays in shaping, and being shaped by, a digital humanities community of practice. This chapter discusses particular experiences that demonstrate some of the ways in which the Curtin Library Makerspace in Western Australia has been involved in digital humanities since it was established in 2015. It has nurtured a creative environment for informal learning through facilitating maker activities; fostered collaborations with teaching academics to support the curriculum; and supported the development of longer-term research projects. We discuss the issues particular to each of these experiences, as the Makerspace negotiated the challenge of retaining the informality of the makerspace, while at the same time recognizing the need for infrastructural support to enable it to participate as an equal partner in digital humanities research projects.

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