{"id":220,"date":"2022-12-11T22:29:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T22:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/?page_id=220"},"modified":"2024-03-14T10:26:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T10:26:14","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s compact in size, but there\u2019s nothing small about the ambitions behind a new, humanities-focused makerspace at Old Dominion University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Called mpark, it opened late 2023 in Room 2027 of the university\u2019s Batten Arts and Letters Building. Outfitted with a 3D printer, Arduino electronics learning kits, sewing machines, video recorders, cameras, printers and other tools and software, it functions as a miniature makerspace \u201cthat nurtures nonhierarchical collaborations across disciplines,\u201d wrote Margaret Kilcline\/Konkol, an assistant professor of American literature and digital humanities and director of the new workshop.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information<a href=\"https:\/\/www.odu.edu\/al\/article\/creative-ideas-sprout-and-thrive-inside-mpark\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.odu.edu\/al\/article\/creative-ideas-sprout-and-thrive-inside-mpark\"> March 11, 2024 Press Release<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31546\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-14-at-6.24.28-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"911\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31546\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-14-at-6.24.28-AM-1024x911.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31546\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-14-at-6.24.28-AM-1024x911.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31546\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-14-at-6.24.28-AM-300x267.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31546\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-14-at-6.24.28-AM-768x683.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31546\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-14-at-6.24.28-AM-800x712.png 800w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31546\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-14-at-6.24.28-AM.png 1086w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It\u2019s compact in size, but there\u2019s nothing small about the ambitions behind a new, humanities-focused makerspace at Old Dominion University. Called mpark, it opened late 2023 in Room 2027 of the university\u2019s Batten Arts and Letters Building. Outfitted with a 3D printer, Arduino electronics learning kits, sewing machines, video recorders, cameras, printers and other tools&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/history\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">history<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24378,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24378"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions\/426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/mpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}