#medlab — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #medlab, aggregated by home.social.
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Who gets to make the rules online?
New this month on Looks Like New, host Júlia Martins Rodrigues talks with Princeton's Sohyeon Hwang about who governs subreddits, fandom wikis, and Mastodon servers and what it would take to share that power
Available Now on LookslikeNew.net
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Y8jLIjtVghU6mnTr2bpTt?si=0aa9e4a1bf1f4e42&nd=1&dlsi=db7099749a7448b0
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Who gets to make the rules online?
https://lookslikenew.net/podcast/who-gets-to-make-the-rules-online/
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How can VR tell the story of genocide?
https://lookslikenew.net/podcast/how-can-vr-tell-the-story-of-genocide/
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Who owns the commons?
In this episode we talk with Lauren Gardner about building infrastructure for open-source projects and why lessons from DIY arts spaces like Babycastles & School for Poetic Computation might hold the key to collective digital life.
#MEDLab #Community #TechAvailable Now on LookslikeNew.net
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Y8jLIjtVghU6mnTr2bpTt?si=0aa9e4a1bf1f4e42&nd=1&dlsi=db7099749a7448b0
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MEDLab research fellow Kadallah Burrowes speaks with Lauren Gardner, Executive Director of Open Source Collective, about what it means to build infrastructure for the commons and why the lessons of grassroots arts spaces might hold the key to the future of collective digital life. Gardner stewards a network of over 2,500 open-source and community-driven projects, providing fiscal sponsorship and shared infrastructure to thousands of maintainers and contributors worldwide. Her path to the […] -
This month on Looks Like New, Timnit Gebru joins MEDLab fellow Stephanie Abdalla to discuss AI ethics, the history of AGI, and resistance shaping alternative AI futures. Founder of Distributed AI Research Institute and co-founder of Black in AI.
Available now on: Looklikesnew.net
Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/5Y8jLIjtVghU6mnTr2bpTt?si=0aa9e4a1bf1f4e42&nd=1&dlsi=db7099749a7448b0
Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/looks-like-new/id1451526347
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In this month's episode, in conversation with MEDLab fellow Stephanie Abdalla, Dr. Gebru discusses AI ethics research, the history of the AGI movement, and movements of resistance that can lead us to alternative AI futures. Dr. Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR for short), an independent organization of academics, activists, and engineers who believe in technology that benefits everyone. Dr. Gebru is also the co-founder of […]
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Tomorrow, March 24, from 8:30 AM to noon, MEDLab will be hosting Protocol Ecologies! All are welcome to join us at Case E330 at CU Boulder. Scan the QR code for more information.
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Thursday March 12th from 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM MEDLab will hosting From Survivor, To Researcher, To Steward, hosted by Dr KaLyn "Kay" Coghill from Blacksky Algorithms.
All are welcome to join at Case E330 on Cu Boulder's Campus! RVSP now!
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Monday March 9th at 4PM MEDLab will be hosting Wired and Unwell! A sunset talk facilitated by Jadyn Turbeville . All are welcome to join in CASE W250.
Check out our pre-read by scanning the QR code on the flyer!
See more events at https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/events
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What is the future of digital capitalism?
This month Kadallah Burrowes talks with Nick Srnicek about platform capitalism, automation, and the political forces shaping our digital economy asking who owns the platforms, who benefits from them, and how their future could be built differently.
Available now on: Looklikesnew.net
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Y8jLIjtVghU6mnTr2bpTt?si=0aa9e4a1bf1f4e42&nd=1&dlsi=db7099749a7448b0
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/looks-like-new/id1451526347
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what is the future of digital capitalism?
https://lookslikenew.net/podcast/what-is-the-future-of-digital-capitalism/
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What can ancient cosmologies teach the future?
This month Kadallah Burrowes talks with Ytasha Womack about Afrofuturism as active world-building, how imagination, ancient cosmologies, rhythm, and storytelling shape more humane tech and the futures we’re already living.
Available now on:
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Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/looks-like-new/id1451526347
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What Can Ancient Cosmologies Teach the Future?
https://lookslikenew.net/podcast/what-can-ancient-cosmologies-teach-the-future/
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Recently on Looks Like New, host Kadallah Burrowes is joined by Ytasha Womack, an author, filmmaker, and independent scholar whose work has been foundational to how we understand Afrofuturism as both a cultural movement and a philosophical practice. Best known for Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture, Womack has spent decades exploring the intersections of Black culture, technology, imagination, and liberation across writing, film, music, and embodied practices like […]
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What is the future of sacred space in a digital world?
This month on Looks Like New, MEDLab’s Stephanie Abdallah speaks with Nesrine Mansour about architecture in the age of AI, reimagining sacred spaces, authorship, bias, and the role of AI in design education and practice.
Available now on: http://LooksLikeNew.Net
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Y8jLIjtVghU6mnTr2bpTt?si=0aa9e4a1bf1f4e42&nd=1&dlsi=db7099749a7448b0
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What is the future of the sacred space in a digital world?
https://lookslikenew.net/podcast/what-is-the-future-of-the-sacred-space-in-a-digital-world/
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On this month's episode of Looks Like New, MEDLab’s Stephanie Abdalla speaks with Dr. Nesrine Mansour about rethinking architecture in the age of digital media and artificial intelligence. Their conversation explores how sacred spaces are being reimagined amid rapid technological change, alongside broader questions of authorship, agency, and bias in architectural imagination. They also discuss AI literacy and pedagogy, and the transformative potential of artificial intelligence within […]
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In this month’s episode, MEDLab’s Stephanie Abdalla interviews Dr. Nick Couldry about the intricate relationship between media, power, and societal structures. Their conversation touches on data colonialism, the importance of building solidarities within and beyond academia, and the need to analyze emerging technologies through a critical lens. Dr. Couldry is Professor Emeritus of Media, Communications and Social Theory and a Professorial Research Fellow at the London School of […]
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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 #techAvailable Now on Lookslikenew.net
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Y8jLIjtVghU6mnTr2bpTt?si=0aa9e4a1bf1f4e42&nd=1&dlsi=db7099749a7448b0
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/looks-like-new/id1451526347
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In this month’s episode of Looks Like New, hosted by MEDLab’s associate director Júlia Martins Rodrigues, we speak with Camila Galaz, an interdisciplinary artist, editor, and researcher whose work explores the intersections of technology, memory, and historical storytelling. Galaz is the founder of Structured Knowledge, a nonfiction narrative consultancy helping creatives and thinkers translate complex ideas into meaningful public-facing work. She is also co-creator of Our Friend the […]
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Who will own the future of gig work?
In this month's 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.
Available now on Lookslikenew.netSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Y8jLIjtVghU6mnTr2bpTt?si=0aa9e4a1bf1f4e42&nd=1&dlsi=db7099749a7448b0
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/looks-like-new/id1451526347
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Who will own the future of gig work?
https://lookslikenew.net/podcast/who-will-own-the-future-of-gig-work/
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Who will own the future of gig work? In this month's 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. Minsun and her team are pioneering efforts to democratize work ownership, including the launch of Colorado's first driver-owned ride-share cooperative. Together, they examine the unique challenges of competing […]
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How are video games rewriting narratives?
In this episode of Looks Like New, Júlia Martins Rodrigues talks with Media Studies doctoral student Warren Liu about how video games reflect and challenge colonial legacies in culture.
Available now on:
Lookslikenew.netSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Y8jLIjtVghU6mnTr2bpTt?si=0aa9e4a1bf1f4e42&nd=1&dlsi=db7099749a7448b0
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/looks-like-new/id1451526347
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In this episode of Looks Like New, host Júlia Martins Rodrigues speaks with Warren Liu, a Media Studies doctoral student. Liu examines how video games shape culture—both by reflecting colonial legacies and by offering space to challenge them. Their conversation explores how games can spark decolonial thinking and open new paths for cultural exchange. From reclaiming narratives and traditions to reimagining design and player agency, they discuss how gaming can become a tool for […]
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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.
Available now on:
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Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/looks-like-new/id1451526347
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Who gets to participate in society—and how do we build systems that serve everyone, not just the privileged few? In this episode of Looks Like New, MEDLab's Júlia Martins Rodrigues speaks with Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, a leading expert at the intersection of technology and social justice, about what happens when entire communities are left behind in our rapidly digitizing world. As Director of the Center for Technology Innovation and founder of the AI Equity Lab, Turner Lee has dedicated […]
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AI is advancing at lightning speed—so fast that questions of ownership and data use often get left behind. What control do we really have over our data in these massive language models? And how can we rethink governance for AI? On this episode of Looks Like New, MEDLab fellow Andy DiLallo speaks with Berlin-based artist, musician, and technologist Mat Dryhurst. Known for his work on collective ownership and digital governance. We hear how DIY music culture shaped Mat’s approach to […]