Abstract
In 2019 the Coburg University of Applied Sciences offered the course “consume less, create more” to an interdisciplinary group of master students. The course offered a theoretical part including topics like sustainability, maker culture and upcycling as well as a practical part. The practical part was carried out through different project teams using old materials and unused objects from the student’s households to create usable products for the students themselves.
The course took place at the maker space of Coburg University, offering classic tools and machines like laser cutters and 3d printers. The challenge was to find different criteria for sustainable DIY projects, produce at least one prototype and to create a tutorial. The main question to be answered is what conclusions can be derived for Digital Services concerning Sustainability from the course. The main methods are discussions with the students accompanied by individual interviews carried out by the authors. Also, observation is used to analyze how Digital Services are used during the creation of the different items. The findings are suggestions for various areas and ideas for Digital Services that concern Sustainability and target an interdisciplinary audience with higher education.
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ZukunftsDesign is German and can be translated as “designing the future”.
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Do-it-yourself.
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About the confusion of the act of buying and the act of consuming.
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The duty of the consumer: about the relationship of the market, moral and consumption.
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Fischer, R., Pieper, L. (2020). Consume Less, Create More – Digital Services in the Context of Sustainability. In: Spohrer, J., Leitner, C. (eds) Advances in the Human Side of Service Engineering. AHFE 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1208. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51057-2_2
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