Whose Space: Discussion on Field Power in the Makerspace of University

There is a certain degree of autonomy in the makerspace, which most of universities have set up recently. And some makerspace actors’ goals are to obtain all kinds of resources from the university, corporation and government. Using the field theory from Bourdieu and Swartzs, this paper finds that the university makerspace has four kinds of power: administrative power, capital power, knowledge power and behavior subject power, and the paper analyzes the relationship between the four powers. Then it holds that only a full play to the initiative and innovation of student groups can make a real makerspace.