Is there some sort of subculture of the maker movement that focuses on building stuff mainly from scavenged and jury-rigged parts, with minimal purchase of new parts? Any good examples or sites or subreddits? Cc
Yeah this is/was Tim Anderson’s “Heirloom Technology” column in early MAKE which he described as a “reverse Peace Corps” - learning/replicating/propagating more bygone or energy-efficient techniques.
TBH I think for whatever reasons while there are individuals after this line of thinking, the number of people involved and communicating about these ideas don’t quite rise up to the full “subculture” water line. Just individual renegades.