Copyright

Anna Beresin

Published On

2026-03-05

Page Range

pp. 105–118

Language

  • English

Print Length

14 pages

Modelling Inclusion in the Makerspace

  • Anna Beresin (author)
Chapter of: Make/Unmake: Play at the Centre of Culture Change (pp. 105–118)

In this chapter, we return to the staff of the makerspace program as they describe its origin as a method to introduce girls and women into engineering and science. It offers an oral history of this multilayered model of STEAM education that can serve as a guide to other makerspaces. Note, the order of the organizations studied is now reversed in this second half of the book, a subtle unmaking.

Contributors

Anna Beresin

(author)
Professor Emerita of Psychology and Folklore at University of the Arts
https://www.annaberesin.com

Anna Beresin is professor emerita of psychology and folklore from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She co-edits the International Journal of Play and researches children’s folklore, primate physical play, language play, and the connection between play, culture and art. Her books include Play in a Covid Frame: Everyday Pandemic Creativity in a Time of Isolation, which she co-edited with Julia Bishop, and Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling. Both books earned the Opie Prize in Children’s Folklore from the American Folklore Society. Currently working on her first children’s book, Anna can be found at www.annaberesin.com.