The region's makers, artisans, craftspeople, designers, performers, etc., are also its cultural custodians and a significant economic force. Despite that, the community has been systematically fragmented: locked out of formal markets, undervalued by the ones it does reach, treated as inputs rather than producers. Their impact on the social fabric has dwindled to its minimum.  

This working group exists to reposition makers in the socioeconomy by connecting their offering and traditional skill to entrepreneurial tools, local production to global markets, and creative labor to the recognition it has earned.

Maker research, creative economy models, cultural development, archives, installations, immersive space, workshops, and entrepreneurial interventions. The group has shaped Studio Madane's Bazaarna, and works with cultural institutions, sector unions, and creative economy funders.