Part 1: Changing Color
- Introduction
- Workshop agenda + goals
- Essential Questions:
- Why have DIY objects been used as tools to amplify activist messages throughout history?
- What unexpected interactions do handcrafted actuators create? How do they create transformative, playful spaces?
- How can community learning bring about social change?
- Circuit + Swatch Demo
- Quietly demonstrate how a variety of swatches work. Ask participants to observe the materials, interactions, and techniques.
- Introduction to Thermochromic Ink
- Inspiration
- Variables to consider: Look, Feel, Interaction
- Create your own thermochromic swatch
Part 2: Stations
- Station 1: Flip Dots
- Demo
- Inspiration
- Construction
- Crochet basics
- Variables to consider
- Make your own
- Station 2: Shaping Memory
- Demo
- Inspiration
- Construction
- Crochet basics
- Variables to consider
- Make your own
Part 3: Prototyping tools
- Brainstorming
- Share a story about an act of activism you participated in recently. Have one member take notes of key themes or words.
- Making
- Create a tool for activism. Design an “eCraftivist” object using the techniques you learned today that supports a cause you care about.
Part 4: Share