A five day workshop on the culture of DIY and How to tutorials at New Media Merz Akademie, Stuttgart, DE 25.-29.5.2009.


DIY How to – Tutorials Selfmade Culture History of tutorials Craft Teaching Not off the shelf Appropriation by DIY Open Source Sharing Culture Open licence models Creative Commons GPL Knowlege transfer Evolution Variations Authentic / Real life Simplicity Video tutorials Youtube Fast Electronics Rapid Prototyping Arduino Show Print Internet Fame Views DIY – Kits Peer 2 Peer Free Exchange TPB Unexpected Entertainment Laser cutting Self-staging DIY Store Software Fun Tools Forbidden / dangerous Digital fabrication Radical TV Formats Self purpose Social Screencasts Hackinglow cost Recipes Trick Combining Building Learning Guidebooks 90sec