Making Sense of Making: Defining Learning Practices in MAKE Magazine

Born from individual basement tinkerers and garage-mechanic hobbyists, the Maker Movement has evolved to support a strong community among makers. Makers increasingly gather together in makerspaces, hackerspaces, tech shops, and fab labs, where groups composed of diverse ages, genders and backgrounds are motivated to learn with and from one another how to use and combine materials, tools, processes, and disciplinary practices in novel ways. The growth of the international Maker Faires’ annual showcases of makers’ inventions and investigations have become celebrated meccas of maker culture, attracting hundreds of thousands of makers of all ages and interests. And, finally, makers widely disseminate projects, culture, and ideals through MAKE Magazine and online communities such as etsy.com, ravelry.com, DIY.org, and others.