@inproceedings{230213e2a6264617a9fe40015e1037b2,
title = "When a Glove Becomes a Gun: From Personally Meaningful to Socially Critical Restorying in Maker Activities",
abstract = "Maker activities not only allow learners to make technologically rich or personally relevant artifacts but also grapple with critical sociocultural issues. With much of the focus on tools and technology, we have far fewer accounts of learners and facilitators handling critical moments that invariably arise. In this paper, we present a case study of a group of four youth making an electronic textiles music wearable to illuminate critical moments that emerged as they presented their artifact. Video analysis of the workshop recordings during the 16 hours of the program highlighted moments of designing, making and presenting the artifact, which led to youth restorying dominant social narratives as they transformed the artifact from an interactive glove to a gun through this performative act. We discuss how youth's restorying brings forward questions regarding the role of facilitators and designers of learning activities in allowing for and addressing similar critical moments within makerspaces.",
keywords = "connected learning, Electronic textiles, informal learning, music wearables, restorying",
author = "Gayithri Jayathirtha and Mia Shaw and Kafai, \{Yasmin B.\} and Lui, \{Debora A.\}",
note = "!is work was supported by the Google grant to Yasmin Kafai and DboraheFields (CS-EPRROGRAM). Any opinions, findins, agnd conclusions or recommendations expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of either Google, the University of Pennsylvania or Utah State University. Special thanks to JiYong Cho who assisted in data collection and DboraheFields who provided valuable feedback for our writing.; 9th Annual Conference on Maker Education: Making as Resistance and Resilience, FabLearn 2020 ; Conference date: 04-04-2020 Through 05-04-2020",
year = "2020",
month = apr,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1145/3386201.3386205",
language = "English (US)",
series = "ACM International Conference Proceeding Series",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
pages = "94--97",
booktitle = "Proceedings of FabLearn 2020 - 9th Annual Conference on Maker Education",
address = "United States",
}