Building an inclusive maker community
Empowering people of all genders to contribute to a truly open society through open source innovation.
Be an
Inclusive Maker
How does Inclusiveness relate to open hardware innovation?
Seeking to address societal challenges and need, the Critical Making project reflects on the social dimensions of making and the lived realities of people who strive for diversity and inclusiveness in maker spaces across the world.
Create an Inclusive Makerspace
#1 Be outspoken against any form of discrimination
#2 Publish a Code of Conduct (CoC) in your maker space
#3 Establish an awareness team
#4 Reaching out to under-represented groups …
“I don’t think that you have to attract women by colours and womanly things, that is not the issue here. The issue is that you have to convince them that they can also be equally good.”
Audrey Dsouza, eMerg India
Inclusive Maker Spotlights
Be inspired by their pathways
Gabriela Agustini
Gabriela, co-director of Olabi Brazil, shares how its projects work to diversify the tech-innovation scene.
Star Ngei
Star, a maker based in Poland, shares about the barriers they faced in maker spaces, and how they overcame them.
Priscilla Serwaah Gyasi
Priscilla, a Project and Grant manager at Kumasi Hive, shares on her journey as a woman in technology.
Looking for more inclusive maker stories?
Inclusive Making News
Roundtable: Women in Engineering
We held a virtual roundtable to shed light on the issues faced by women in the industry.
Caretaker-Inclusive Making for More Inclusive Making
Some lessons learned from our experiences with organizing caretaker and child inclusive settings.
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