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Table 5 Actors and actions

From: Mapping do-it-yourself science

Actor

Phase

Context(s)

Actions

1

1

Hacker movement, Citizen Science

Development and study of new forms of public participation in research - Use of open source software for ‘gamification’ as a strategy to engage citizens in projects around local challenges (e.g. disease mapping) – Training and public events participation with a focus on open source and citizen science

2

1

Entrepreneurship

Launch of a start-up aimed at assessing and distributing ‘value’ in a specific ecosystem according to principles of share, collaboration and open source – Strong participation to discussions, panels, and public talks on the themes of collaboration

3

1

Private consultancy

Private consultancy in the field of automation, artificial intelligence, the future of manufacturing, the Maker Movement – Editing of reports and publication on these themes

4

1

Maker Movement, Academia

Direction of a Fablab located inside the faculty of design of a university – organisation of European events on the Maker Movement – Assistance to students at various prototyping phases of their projects and research

5

1

Maker Movement

Direction of a makerspace, organization of more projects (even institutionally funded) on open source applied to the contexts of fabrication, design, health – Technical workshop organisation

6

1

Maker Movement, Entrepreneurship

Direction of a Fablab designed as a provider of open source technology to local enterprises that are registered to the association – Active participation to workshops and seminars - Drafting of open calls for public funding

7

1

Bio Hacking

Management of many ventures in the field of decentralized networks and innovation. Self-experimentation with human enhancement techniques and biohacking – Online sharing of outcomes and data

8

2

DIY biology

Participation to hackerspace’s activity in the field of DIYbio with major interest on personal projects development – Events organisation in Academia with the scope of informing scientists about the DIY bio community - Online sharing of outcomes and data

9

2

Institutional Research

Research in biology and food contaminants in a public research centre – Personal intellectual interest in DIY applications and emerging technologies – Scientific support to policy making

10

2

DIY biology

Coordination of online community concerned with the development of software and hardware for a variety of projects put forward by the community (e.g. air quality sensing, optics and imaging, mobile spectrometry)

11

2

Institutional Research

Conduction of a reference laboratory for food analysis located inside a public research centre - Private experimentation with DIY technologies