About the Book
Made in Brooklyn is a belated critique of the Maker Movement: from its origins in the nineteenth century to its impact on labor and its entanglement in the neoliberal economic model of the tech industry. Part history, part ethnography, Made in Brooklyn provides a unified analysis of how the tech industry has infiltrated artistic practice […]
About the Author
Amanda Wasielewski is an artist and writer currently based in Stockholm and Amsterdam. Wasielewski’s work investigates the relationship between artistic practice, cities, and the uptake of new media/technology. She has taught media studies as a lecturer at the University of Amsterdam, art history as an adjunct professor at Lehman College, and architectural history as an adjunct […]
Morgantown Maps
Below you will find a map of the the Morgantown area created by the author to serve as a handy guide to where the sites mentioned are located in relation to one another. Below is a historical map of the area from 1888: This map is composited from the 1888 Sanborn Fire Insurance maps. […]
Talk in Berlin at Urbanize conference Oct 10
October 10, 2018 19:00 – 22:00 Bona Peiser (ehem. Stadtteilbibliothek), Oranienstr. 72, 10969 Berlin Next Wednesday I will be participating in a panel at the Urbanize conference in Berlin titled “Under the Platform: Digital Economies in the Urban Everyday” together with BOSS&U, Adam Greenfield, and Ulf Treger in collaboration with metroZones. Description: metroZones focuses on the design […]
Bushwick Daily Interview
Interview in Bushwick Daily: “Industrial revolution: Book traces history of makers in Bushwick”
Event at Word Bookstore
I am pleased to announce that Word Bookstore (126 Franklin St.) in Brooklyn is sponsoring a book event at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 12, for my book Made in Brooklyn. If you are in the New York area, please join us for a discussion on the DIY/craft/maker movement and artist-led gentrification with my in-conversation partner […]