What are the major subcultures within the broader making/repairing stuff metaculture? (art is outside scope though)
IKEA-grade no-code diy
Home improvement
Classic crafts (wood/metal)
“Feminine” coded classics (sewing, knitting, weaving, pottery)
O’Reillyish maker movement
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Electronics repair
Home flipping
Themed subcultures (classic)
- cars
- motorcycles
- bicycles
- musical instruments
- model building (trains, planes)
“ “ (Modern)
- robotics
- specialized photography
- telescope making
- surveillance stuff
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This really needs a map
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I consider that part of the broader O'Reilly Maker camp, along with Arduino and drones.
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Got it. One more - There's a lot of tinkering and equipment creation in modernist cuisine, but perhaps that falls loosely under the "feminine-coded" group.
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Interesting, why do you consider it feminine-coded? Any examples of people who do this?
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