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Occupying Africa: Prototyping a Transformal Makerspace Network
Author(s) -
OsseoAsare DK,
Abbas Yasmine
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2733
Subject(s) - work (physics) , state (computer science) , architecture , rapid prototyping , engineering management , engineering , sociology , computer science , visual arts , mechanical engineering , art , algorithm
Experimenting with the varied contexts of work, living, education and making/producing throughout Africa, DK Osseo‐Asare and Yasmine Abbas – both members of the Architecture and Engineering Design Faculty at Pennsylvania State University – have co‐founded and developed the Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform (AMP). They outline the background and functioning of this enabling system that encourages participants to use the low‐tech resources around them to build their skills and change their environments.