本文試圖從數位時代中的科學參與出發,介紹並討論一個新興的字詞:創客運動;並以發展於 2013 年的空氣盒子計畫為例,試圖說明一種參與式文化的形塑過程,這包括了「自造者」們如何集眾人之力,透過開放原始碼進行概念混搭、線上線下虛實集結等。結論指出,基於創客文化開放分享的協作模式,眾人的創意思維能透過不同形式於數位空間中整合,從而成就了一種新的文化生產方式; 而藉由創作,廣大群眾也更自由地參與了科學,並以自下而上的世界觀深化了「更民主的科學溝通」。

The study investigated this emerging concept, Maker Movement, from the perspective of public participation of science in the digital age. The study examined the Air Box project developed in 2013 in order to illustrate the formation process of a participatory culture, including how makers coordinate together, how they make open source mashups, and how they merge the online with the offline. The results indicated that the maker culture encourages the open collaboration model of sharing. Creative inputs from different people can be integrated in various forms in digital spaces. This facilitates a new model of cultural production. Through creative practices, the public can participate more freely in scientific activities, thereby facilitating a bottom-up and more democratic scientific communication.

公民科學；自造者；空氣盒子；開放原始碼；創客運動

citizen science; maker; AirBox; open source; maker movement