Making at Kista Library week 44

During week 44 students from Konstfack and KTH will relocate to Kista Library to explore a public arena for education. The format involves short workshops and lectures where participants adopt shifting responsibilities; receiving and transmitting knowledge and skills.

Open lectures

Tuesday 28 October, 13:00
Lynne Slivovsky “Engineering Education: Community engagement and Community building”

Professor Lynne Slivovsky (Cal Poly USA) is an engineer working with issues of social justice and economic equality.

Wednesday 29 October, 10:00
Sundbom and Schultz “Gender as a norm critical tool in design”

Cristine Sundbom is an industrial designer MFA who integrates her background in gender science and nursing with an aesthetic driven design process: androstolen.se

Kristina Schultz’s KTH examination project focused on gender issues in toy design and she has recently collaborated with Cristine in developing an introduction course in gender and norm design for the methods course at KTH and Konstack.

Open WorkshopSaturday 1 November, 11:00- 15:00
Students and teachers offer drop in demonstrations and workshops. All ages welcome.

Further details
Professor Cheryl Akner Koler, cheryl.Akner.Koler@konstfack.se
Charles Stern, charles.Stern@konstfack.se

Making at Kista Library is a collaboration between the Industrial Design program at Konstfack and research project "Local tech: Makerspace ideals as a model for institutional learning".