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Media lab (often referred to as new media lab, media art lab or media research lab) is a term used for interdisciplinary organizations, collectives or spaces with the main focus on new media, digital culture and technology.
Discussion of the definition
[edit]The definition of media lab is widely discussed and is open for debate. The term can describe a space, a cultural organization or a way of working in which collaboration, experimentation plays a crucial role. Media labs usually
- gather participants of multiple disciplines and diverse professional backgrounds
- draw inspiration from, and try to work in the spirit of free culture
- often use open source softwares
- offer the possibility of non-formal learning practices.
History
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The name "media lab" was coined in 1985 with the creation of the MIT Media Lab by Nicholas Negroponte grew out of the Architecture Machine Group - a research group dedicated to studying man-machine interfaces - within MIT's School of Architecture and Planning.[1]
Activities
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In media labs diverse activities take place: artistic research and development, creative production, knowledge sharing and exchange, education program, workshops, tinkering, experimentation, cultural mediation.
Classification of media labs
[edit]Organization forms
[edit]Media labs can be most easily categorized by the way they are organized which often relates to the way they are funded:
- University labs
- Public funded
- Private funding
- Grassroot initiatives
Typology
[edit]Media lab
- Fab lab
- Hackerspace
- Pop-up lab (temporary space or project space)
- Art initiative with media art focus
Social-political impact
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Motivation
[edit]A lot of people are motivated to use technological tools for social and political goals.
Social effect
[edit]Media labs play a role in society to understand the new ways of education, culture, communication and even political participation.
Working in a media lab context can be considered as informal ways of learning.
Related terms
[edit]working attitudes: artistic research - creative technologies - DIWO - DIY - DIY culture - experimentation - interdisciplinary
fields of activities: digital art - digital culture - human–computer interaction - interaction - internet - media art - new media art
tools, concepts: Creative Commons - F/LOSS - FLOSS Manuals - free culture - open content - open hardware - open source - public domain
References
[edit]- mcd musiques & cultures digitales #62, March-April-May 2011, ISBN: 9782952987219 ISSN: 1638-3400
- Laboratories of the inbetween [1], in: Future of the lab, BALTAN Laboratories, 2010, ISBN/EAN: 978-90-815830-1-5, p.49-55.
- ^ Chardonnet, Ewen (March-April-May 2011). MCD Musiques & Cultures Digitales. 62: 15.
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