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Over the Day 3 break, attendees are invited to participate in a demonstration led by Day 2 Keynote, Catherine Chambers.
The recent and unexpected migration from brick-and-mortar to distributed, online workplaces required organizations to rethink vital operational processes, and practices. Although digitization became a major theme for communication and workflow, hands-on experiences have emerged as a key component of team-building. The interest in hands-on experiences at work is consistent with the surge in hobbies, and the growth of the DIY economy during the global pandemic.
As the founder of Let's Make It, a makerspace studio that opened in 2013, and a researcher whose work focuses on the theorization of DIY and crafting, Catherine Chambers has amassed extensive data on linkages between the handmade movement, economic development and innovation. Through physical representations of handmade artifacts, and a hands-on demonstration, Catherine will share perspectives that explain why crafting is ubiquitous and as such, a vital component of social prescribing, team-building, employment, and education.
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