Fablabs’ sustainability practices and mass production: A tale of David vs. Goliath?

Pratiques de soutenabilité des Fablabs et production de masse: David contre Goliath ?

Beyza Temel and Cédric Gossart ()
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Beyza Temel: Science and Technology Policy Studies (Middle East Technical University)
Cédric Gossart: LITEM - Laboratoire en Innovation, Technologies, Economie et Management (EA 7363) - UEVE - Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne - Université Paris-Saclay - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris], IMT-BS - DEFI - Département Droit, Économie et Finances - TEM - Télécom Ecole de Management - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris]

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Abstract: This article discusses the capacity of fablabs to represent an alternative to modes of mass production, in particular by analysing their practices regarding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is based on a case study of French fablabs comprising 4 sessions of observation and 15 semi-structured interviews conducted in 2020. The framework of analysis adopts the multi-level perspective (Geels & Schot, 2007), and considers fablabs as "niches" having the potential to transform the dominant socio-technical regime enabling to produce goods and services (mass production), which can be seen as a "meta-regime" (Schot & Laur, 2018, p. 1054). Two main questions are addressed: (1) What are the sustainability practices of fablabs? (2) To what extent can these practices enable fablabs to disrupt the mass production regime?

Keywords: Fablabs; Mass production; Sociotechnical regime; Sustainability; Practices; Production de masse; Régime sociotechnique; Soutenabilité; Pratiques (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-10-17
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Published in 18e Congrès du RIODD. Changer ou s’effondrer ?, Réseau International de Recherche sur les Organisations et le Développement Durable (RIODD), Oct 2023, Lille, France

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