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SHEFFIELD HACKSPACE
Janine Kirby – Trustee of SHH&M CIC
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A Hacker - The Media Myth
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“A Hacker is someone who makes things….. Thisis
the original, and purest definition of the term, i.e.,
that you have an idea and you “hack” something
together to make it work. It also applies to people
who modify things to significantly change their
functionality, but less so.”
https://danielmiessler.com/study/programmer_hacker_developer/#gs.dfug=8M
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Profile of a Hacker
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Self starter
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Subject enthusiast
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Personal learning journey
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Practises the subject & usually become proficient
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Promotes the subject
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Loves to share the results of the journey
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Interested in sharing the results of others journeys
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Profile of Sheffield Hackspace
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A communal workspace
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Run by members for members
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Do-ocracy
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Shared tooling and making opportunities
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Pooled acquisition of materials, tooling and more space
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Skills exchange
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Show & tell
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Community
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Sustainable through subscription
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CIC – Regulated not for profit
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Evolution of Sheffield Hackspace:
The Workstation Years
FoTM 2012
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Access Space Years
http://access-space.org/
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Birth of a Hackspace – Jan2015
Unit 2-D2, Portland Works
Randall Street
Sheffield S2 4SJ
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Hacking The Space
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Engine Room & Treasure!
http://www.portlandworks.co.uk/
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Show & Tell
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Community Engagement
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Also:
– Maker Faires
– Hackspace Visits
– Social Media
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• A Sheffield based not-for-profit organisation
leading the way in young people’s maker
educationAfter-school Junior FabLabs in primary
schools across Sheffield, Rotherham, Dronfield and
Chesterfield
• Innovation-Station pilot project trailing makerspaces and
teacher training in primary schools – establishing best
practice
• Helping engineering, manufacturing and tech
companies inspire the future generation through hands-
on projects and activity days
• We are currently looking for amazing makers and
educators to come on board to help deliver on a range
of projects.
For more information contact Dr Alison Buxton
www.discoveryproject.co.uk - @STEMdiscovery
07899 788548 - [email protected]
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Any Questions?
@shhmakers www.sheffieldhackspace.org.uk