Occupying Africa: Prototyping a Transformal Makerspace Network

D. K. Osseo-Asare; Yasmine Abbas

doi:10.1002/ad.2733

Occupying Africa: Prototyping a Transformal Makerspace Network

D. K. Osseo-Asare
, Yasmine Abbas

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Experimenting with the varied contexts of work, living, education and making/producing throughout Africa, DK Osseo-Asare and Yasmine Abbas – both members of the Architecture and Engineering Design Faculty at Pennsylvania State University – have co-founded and developed the Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform (AMP). They outline the background and functioning of this enabling system that encourages participants to use the low-tech resources around them to build their skills and change their environments.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	62-69
Number of pages	8
Journal	Architectural Design
Volume	91
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ad.2733
State	Published - Sep 1 2021

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Architecture
Visual Arts and Performing Arts

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