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Fabrication Laboratories: Problems and possibilities of implementation in Latin America.

Proceedings from the Fab 9 Research Stream 9th International Fablab Conference, 21-27 July 2013, Yokohama. / Since 2007, Latin America has incorporated a set of emerging techniques promoted under three initiatives: a)
from the experience of Master and Doctoral students who return to their home countries and promote their
experience, b) from the external academic experience that goes towards the region, and c) from self-learning.
These experiences are developed in an academic area, unlike Europe or the U.S., where they were promoted
from and to professional practice, with varying degrees of implementation and effect. Generally speaking, the
academic programs of the region lack a policy of inclusion of systematized emerging technologies, and that
produces a slow uptake, especially in architecture. On one hand, if educational policies are not stable, equipment
investment cannot be stable, and on the other hand, the generation gap between those who promote and those
who accept blends into disruption and status quo.
Each implementation in the region produces adverse and complex patterns, replicating existing models and
seeking alliances with institutions in developed countries. Thus, there are self-help groups, while others
incorporate academic, technical and/or commercial supervisions, in principle through the Center for Bits and
Atoms (MIT Fab Lab) and McNeel Associates (Rhino Fab Lab).
In this research, we evidence evolution and implementation processes in Latin America of the three types of
initiatives, analyzing the case study in Peru, which together open up the possibility of moving from a phase of
experimentation, trial and error to another that actually promotes local innovation and inclusion.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:PERUUPC/oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/605215
Date07 1900
CreatorsHerrera Polo, Pablo C., Juárez, Benito, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)
Contributorspablo@espaciosdigitales.org
PublisherFab 9 Research Stream
Source SetsUniversidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject
SourceUniversidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Repositorio Académico - UPC
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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