Making is connecting : the social power of creativity, from craft and knitting to digital everything /

"David Gauntlett argues that through making things, people engage with the world and create connections with each other. This fully revised second edition of Making is Connecting includes many new sections as well as three brand new chapters on creative processes, do-it-yourself strategies, and...

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Main Authors: Gauntlett, David
Published: Polity Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, UK :
Publication Dates: 2018.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: Second expanded edition.
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Summary: "David Gauntlett argues that through making things, people engage with the world and create connections with each other. This fully revised second edition of Making is Connecting includes many new sections as well as three brand new chapters on creative processes, do-it-yourself strategies, and platforms for creativity"--
Item Description: Revised edition of the author's Making is connecting, 2011.
Carrier Form: viii, 318 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781509513482 (paperback) :
1509513485 (paperback)
Index Number: HM741
CLC: C912.3
Call Number: C912.3/G272/2nd exp. ed.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: <ul style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> Acknowledgements Preamble to the second edition 1. Introduction 2. The meaning of making I: Philosophies of craft 3. The meaning of making II: Craft today 4. The meaning of making III: Digital 5. The value of connecting: Personal happiness and social capital 6. Tools for change 7. Online creativity needs better platforms 8. Making connections and the creative process: From music to everything 9. Doing it yourself: More lessons from music making and connecting 10. Platfor