MEDLab @ CU Boulder
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The Media Economies Design Lab experiments with democratic ownership and governance in the online economy. Directed by @ntnsndr.in at @colorado.edu. https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/
What stories do our machines tell and what do they remember?
This month we talk with artist & researcher Camila Galaz, founder of Structured Knowledge on how storytelling and experimental media reveal the hidden human histories behind our digital world.
#MEDlab #Podcast #tech
This month we talk with artist & researcher Camila Galaz, founder of Structured Knowledge on how storytelling and experimental media reveal the hidden human histories behind our digital world.
#MEDlab #Podcast #tech
October 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What if the future of ecosystem restoration isn’t driven by big institutions—but by Indigenous women collecting seeds along Brazil’s rivers? Today, CU Boulder welcomes Lia Domingues of the Xingu Seed Network, sharing how a grassroots movement is reshaping conservation
October 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
What if the future of ecosystem restoration isn’t driven by big institutions—but by Indigenous women collecting seeds along Brazil’s rivers? Today, CU Boulder welcomes Lia Domingues of the Xingu Seed Network, sharing how a grassroots movement is reshaping conservation
Who will own the future of gig work?
In this episode of Looks Like New, MEDlab Associate Director Júlia Martins speaks with Minsun Ji, Executive Director of the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center, about empowering workers to reclaim control over their economic futures.
#MEDlab #COop #Gigwork
In this episode of Looks Like New, MEDlab Associate Director Júlia Martins speaks with Minsun Ji, Executive Director of the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center, about empowering workers to reclaim control over their economic futures.
#MEDlab #COop #Gigwork
September 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Who gets to participate in a digital society?
This month on Looks Like New, Julia Martins Rodrigues talks with Dr. Nicol Turner Lee about AI, equity, and what happens when whole communities are left behind. Featuring insights from her book Digitally Invisible.
#MEDlab #AI #Equity
This month on Looks Like New, Julia Martins Rodrigues talks with Dr. Nicol Turner Lee about AI, equity, and what happens when whole communities are left behind. Featuring insights from her book Digitally Invisible.
#MEDlab #AI #Equity
July 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Are you being Trained?
AI is evolving faster than our systems for ownership and data rights. This month on Looks Like New, Andy DiLallo talks with artist & technologist Mat Dryhurst about how DIY music culture informed his vision for transparent, collective AI governance.
#MEDlab #Art #AI
AI is evolving faster than our systems for ownership and data rights. This month on Looks Like New, Andy DiLallo talks with artist & technologist Mat Dryhurst about how DIY music culture informed his vision for transparent, collective AI governance.
#MEDlab #Art #AI
May 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Is anything new in influencer marketing?
This month on Looks Like New, MEDlab’s Associate Director Júlia Martins Rodrigues talks with Art Bamford, Ph.D., about how celebrities have changed marketing and advertising throughout history.
#MEDlab #Influencer #Marketing
This month on Looks Like New, MEDlab’s Associate Director Júlia Martins Rodrigues talks with Art Bamford, Ph.D., about how celebrities have changed marketing and advertising throughout history.
#MEDlab #Influencer #Marketing
April 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Is anything new in influencer marketing?
This month on Looks Like New, MEDlab’s Associate Director Júlia Martins Rodrigues talks with Art Bamford, Ph.D., about how celebrities have changed marketing and advertising throughout history.
#MEDlab #Influencer #Marketing
This month on Looks Like New, MEDlab’s Associate Director Júlia Martins Rodrigues talks with Art Bamford, Ph.D., about how celebrities have changed marketing and advertising throughout history.
#MEDlab #Influencer #Marketing
How is open-source software like magic?
This month on Looks Like New, research fellow Adina Glickstean talks to Coraline Ada Ehmke. Who is dedicated to helping technologists make sense of – and take accountability for – the ethical implications of their work.
#MEDlab #OpenSource #Ethics
This month on Looks Like New, research fellow Adina Glickstean talks to Coraline Ada Ehmke. Who is dedicated to helping technologists make sense of – and take accountability for – the ethical implications of their work.
#MEDlab #OpenSource #Ethics
February 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
How is open-source software like magic?
This month on Looks Like New, research fellow Adina Glickstean talks to Coraline Ada Ehmke. Who is dedicated to helping technologists make sense of – and take accountability for – the ethical implications of their work.
#MEDlab #OpenSource #Ethics
This month on Looks Like New, research fellow Adina Glickstean talks to Coraline Ada Ehmke. Who is dedicated to helping technologists make sense of – and take accountability for – the ethical implications of their work.
#MEDlab #OpenSource #Ethics
How has racism held back economic democracy?
This month on, Looks Like New, MEDlab director Nathan Schneider hosted a group conversation of 100+ guests to understand these questions featuring authors Jason Spicer and Jessica Gordon Nembhard.
#MEDlab #StructuralRacism #Economy
This month on, Looks Like New, MEDlab director Nathan Schneider hosted a group conversation of 100+ guests to understand these questions featuring authors Jason Spicer and Jessica Gordon Nembhard.
#MEDlab #StructuralRacism #Economy
December 24, 2024 at 5:41 AM
How has racism held back economic democracy?
This month on, Looks Like New, MEDlab director Nathan Schneider hosted a group conversation of 100+ guests to understand these questions featuring authors Jason Spicer and Jessica Gordon Nembhard.
#MEDlab #StructuralRacism #Economy
This month on, Looks Like New, MEDlab director Nathan Schneider hosted a group conversation of 100+ guests to understand these questions featuring authors Jason Spicer and Jessica Gordon Nembhard.
#MEDlab #StructuralRacism #Economy
Is online life heading into dark forests?
This month on Looks Like New, we at MEDlab spoke with Yancey Stricker, best known as a co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter. About where we can let ourselves be truly creative.
About where to listen below.
#LLNpodcast #MEDLab #Creative #Media
This month on Looks Like New, we at MEDlab spoke with Yancey Stricker, best known as a co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter. About where we can let ourselves be truly creative.
About where to listen below.
#LLNpodcast #MEDLab #Creative #Media
November 28, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Is online life heading into dark forests?
This month on Looks Like New, we at MEDlab spoke with Yancey Stricker, best known as a co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter. About where we can let ourselves be truly creative.
About where to listen below.
#LLNpodcast #MEDLab #Creative #Media
This month on Looks Like New, we at MEDlab spoke with Yancey Stricker, best known as a co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter. About where we can let ourselves be truly creative.
About where to listen below.
#LLNpodcast #MEDLab #Creative #Media
Get Our Latest Zine, on Open Source Governance: "Change Is In the Cards" www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
October 3, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Get Our Latest Zine, on Open Source Governance: "Change Is In the Cards" www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
This summer, we're doing a series of events on #OpenSocialMedia—the new explosion of platforms and protocols. Up first:
OPEN SOCIAL MEDIA: ORIGIN STORIES
Next Tuesday, online and free for all. Learn more & register: https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2023/06/06/open-social-media-origin-stories
OPEN SOCIAL MEDIA: ORIGIN STORIES
Next Tuesday, online and free for all. Learn more & register: https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2023/06/06/open-social-media-origin-stories
June 7, 2023 at 4:43 PM
This summer, we're doing a series of events on #OpenSocialMedia—the new explosion of platforms and protocols. Up first:
OPEN SOCIAL MEDIA: ORIGIN STORIES
Next Tuesday, online and free for all. Learn more & register: https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2023/06/06/open-social-media-origin-stories
OPEN SOCIAL MEDIA: ORIGIN STORIES
Next Tuesday, online and free for all. Learn more & register: https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2023/06/06/open-social-media-origin-stories