Making is Connecting

By David Gauntlett,

Book cover of Making is Connecting: The Social Power of Creativity, from Craft and Knitting to Digital Everything

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SECOND UPDATED EDITION, WITH THREE ALL-NEW CHAPTERS

The first edition of Making is Connecting struck a chord with crafters, YouTubers, makers, music producers, artists and coders alike. David Gauntlett argues that through making things, people engage with the world and create connections with each other. Online and offline, we see…

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1 author picked Making is Connecting as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I had the pleasure of seeing a talk by David Gauntlett when this book first came out in 2008. He writes with lightness and humour, so it’s accessible and easy to read.

At the time it was a ground-breaking look at how craft connects communities and was the inspiration for many a research project after that. The launch incorporated making into it, something that I still like to do. 

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