MEDLab @ CU Boulder
@medlabboulder.bsky.social
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
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It only took us 6 years, but @medlabboulder.bsky.social finally has stickers.
February 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It only took us 6 years, but @medlabboulder.bsky.social finally has stickers.
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
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I just posted a super-simple how-to guide for online community governance—basically just inviting communities to start with some important, often-neglected basics. If you know anyone who might appreciate this, please share! www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
How to Build Governable Spaces for Online Communities
By Kike Arnaiz, via Stocksy United I’ve seen it again and again: A group gets started, gets working on something good an important, and then falls apart because
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December 18, 2024 at 8:27 PM
I just posted a super-simple how-to guide for online community governance—basically just inviting communities to start with some important, often-neglected basics. If you know anyone who might appreciate this, please share! www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
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Thanks the brilliant @gorwa.ca for including my book Governable Spaces in this @jacobinmag.bsky.social review essay: jacobin.com/2024/12/inte...
Can Democracy Survive Online?
The dream of a democratic web has turned into a nightmare of moderation crises, content mines, and billionaire overlords. Rebuilding digital spaces for meaningful participation in a post-X future will...
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December 9, 2024 at 4:32 AM
Thanks the brilliant @gorwa.ca for including my book Governable Spaces in this @jacobinmag.bsky.social review essay: jacobin.com/2024/12/inte...
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
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please share with any prospective MA/PhD students! Our department is particular strong in media and public engagement. We are also home to world renown labs & centers such as the @medlabboulder.bsky.social, @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social, and the Center for Media, Religion and Culture
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September 26, 2024 at 3:29 PM
please share with any prospective MA/PhD students! Our department is particular strong in media and public engagement. We are also home to world renown labs & centers such as the @medlabboulder.bsky.social, @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social, and the Center for Media, Religion and Culture
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...
The recording is now up from today's excellent webinar, "Lessons on Worker Ownership from the Main Street Phoenix Project"—get it here: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
Lessons on Worker Ownership from the Main Street Phoenix Project
September 23, 202410 a.m. to 11 a.m. Mountain TimeFree webinarWatch the videoAt the height of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Main Street Phoenix Project was founded as
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September 23, 2024 at 5:53 PM
The recording is now up from today's excellent webinar, "Lessons on Worker Ownership from the Main Street Phoenix Project"—get it here: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
New updates to our app CommunityRule and more—read our latest newsletter here: newsletter.medlab.host/archive/a2ca...
Also featuring @rudyfraser.com on @blacksky.app!
Also featuring @rudyfraser.com on @blacksky.app!
Thanks to the efforts of MEDLab fellow Rohit Taware, CommunityRule has just adopted significant improvements. Read about the changes on the MEDLab blog:
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May 7, 2024 at 5:47 PM
New updates to our app CommunityRule and more—read our latest newsletter here: newsletter.medlab.host/archive/a2ca...
Also featuring @rudyfraser.com on @blacksky.app!
Also featuring @rudyfraser.com on @blacksky.app!
New in CommunityRule: User Login, Rule Editing, and More: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
^ See the latest updates from research fellow Rohit Taware on updates to our CommunityRule.info platform!
^ See the latest updates from research fellow Rohit Taware on updates to our CommunityRule.info platform!
New in CommunityRule: User Login, Rule Editing, and More | Media Economies Design Lab | University of Colorado Boulder
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April 8, 2024 at 7:44 PM
New in CommunityRule: User Login, Rule Editing, and More: www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
^ See the latest updates from research fellow Rohit Taware on updates to our CommunityRule.info platform!
^ See the latest updates from research fellow Rohit Taware on updates to our CommunityRule.info platform!
MEDLab fellow Adina Glickstein has a byline in today's @nytimes.com Magazine! On sharing map pins as a salve for loneliness: www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/m...
March 19, 2024 at 3:22 PM
MEDLab fellow Adina Glickstein has a byline in today's @nytimes.com Magazine! On sharing map pins as a salve for loneliness: www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/m...
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Just out! James Brennan and I have co-written a chapter in The Lab Book by @loriemerson.bsky.social et al., featuring the self-hosting practices of @medlabboulder.bsky.social: manifold.umn.edu/read/lab-clo...
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January 8, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Just out! James Brennan and I have co-written a chapter in The Lab Book by @loriemerson.bsky.social et al., featuring the self-hosting practices of @medlabboulder.bsky.social: manifold.umn.edu/read/lab-clo...
Now We Know: Exit to Community Is Possible www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
January 4, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Now We Know: Exit to Community Is Possible www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2...
Recording is now up from today's webinar!
Where I Went Wrong: Marjorie Kelly on Why Advancing Ethical Business Isn't Enough https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2023/09/19/where-i-went-wrong-marjorie-kelly-why-advancing-ethical-business-isnt-enough
Where I Went Wrong: Marjorie Kelly on Why Advancing Ethical Business Isn't Enough https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2023/09/19/where-i-went-wrong-marjorie-kelly-why-advancing-ethical-business-isnt-enough
October 30, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Recording is now up from today's webinar!
Where I Went Wrong: Marjorie Kelly on Why Advancing Ethical Business Isn't Enough https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2023/09/19/where-i-went-wrong-marjorie-kelly-why-advancing-ethical-business-isnt-enough
Where I Went Wrong: Marjorie Kelly on Why Advancing Ethical Business Isn't Enough https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2023/09/19/where-i-went-wrong-marjorie-kelly-why-advancing-ethical-business-isnt-enough
Next week, join us for a webinar on how nonprofits are using emerging social networks—like Bluesky, Mastodon, and more—to advance their missions.
Open Social Media: Nonprofits FTW
https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2023/06/22/open-social-media-nonprofits-ftw
Open Social Media: Nonprofits FTW
https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2023/06/22/open-social-media-nonprofits-ftw
Open Social Media: Nonprofits FTW | Media Economies Design Lab | University of Colorado Boulder
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June 29, 2023 at 1:55 AM
Next week, join us for a webinar on how nonprofits are using emerging social networks—like Bluesky, Mastodon, and more—to advance their missions.
Open Social Media: Nonprofits FTW
https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2023/06/22/open-social-media-nonprofits-ftw
Open Social Media: Nonprofits FTW
https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2023/06/22/open-social-media-nonprofits-ftw
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
Next, this summer, we're doing an event series on decentralized social media, focused especially on its potential for civil society—nonprofits and local government.
More to come soon!
More to come soon!
May 18, 2023 at 2:53 AM
Next, this summer, we're doing an event series on decentralized social media, focused especially on its potential for civil society—nonprofits and local government.
More to come soon!
More to come soon!