Structuring+a+Project+EF


 * __STUCTURING A PROJECT MEMO:__**


 * Legal and legislative:**
 * Governmental funding for Makerspaces
 * Patent law regarding innovation
 * Liability concerns in Makerspaces


 * Technological:**
 * New technologies for local communities
 * Analog instructions on Digital community sites
 * Implications of digitalization for scientific outreach and engagement
 * 3-D Printing
 * Arduinos vs Texas Instrument, open-source hardware


 * Economic:**
 * Social entrepreneurship
 * Local niche economies, anti-corporations,
 * Pro-sumers as another iteration of consumers


 * Social:**
 * Social interaction through making and play
 * Interactions between people in online communities
 * Interactions between people in Maker spaces
 * Non-hierarchical vs hierarchical organization within makerspaces, what wins out
 * (In)visibility of spaces within local communities


 * Political:**
 * DARPA funding for highschool makerspaces
 * Anti-authoritarian tendencies vs. wanting to get gov’t. money,
 * Local/personal politics within makerspaces
 * Political act of citizens gathering scientific data to prove a point in their local communities
 * Making as a political act


 * Cultural:**
 * Culture of DIY
 * Culture of gaining “maker” credibility
 * Culture around E-Textiles and fashion within maker community
 * Culture of contribution C
 * Culture of entrepreneurship


 * Natural:**
 * E-Waste
 * Citizen Monitoring
 * Sustainable Design and DIY energy efficiency design