Makerspace'lerin sosyal inovasyona katkısının araştırılması

Makerspaces are workshop areas or programs where communities or/ individuals collaborate together, share knowledge in an open source way, and produce products fast with an easy access to fabrication tools. According to my argumentation, makerspaces create a fertile atmosphere for social innovation by lowering the barriers in access to knowledge and tools and by improving the dialogue among various actors from different sectors. In this Masters Thesis study, I aim to discover in which ways makerspaces contribute to social innovation process. 4 makerspaces, established in Turkey, which are the pioneers of the Maker Movement in the region were chosen for case studies. The organizational models and diffusion models of these makerspaces are examined and the cross-case analysis of these makerspaces are discussed with the social innovation literature. As the studies on social innovation are still in early stages, this research aims to understand how social innovation is being practiced in the real world through makerspaces while contributing to the social innovation studies.