Hackerspace

A hackerspace (also referred to as a hacklab, hackspace, or makerspace) is a community-operated, often "not for profit" (501(c)(3) in the United States), workspace where people with common interests, such as computers, machining, technology, science, digital art, or electronic art, can meet, socialize, and collaborate.^[1]^[2]^[3] Hackerspaces are comparable to other community-operated spaces with similar aims and mechanisms such as Fab Lab, men's sheds, and commercial "for-profit" companies.^[4]

^ Davies, Sarah R. (2017). Hackerspaces: Making the Maker Movement. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press. ISBN 9781509501205.
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^ Murillo, Luis Felipe R. (2025). Common Circuits: Hacking Alternative Technological Futures. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 9781503641495.
^ Van Holm, Eric Joseph (2014). "What are Makerspaces, Hackerspaces, and Fab Labs?". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2548211.