“It was only through working concretely with the Calla campaign that I truly learned of the challenges of communicating between researchers and artists.”
Wrestling With Systemic Edges: Designing For Long-Term Social Change
How the lack of nuance in data representation and media practices of the American educational system impedes the design of effective educational interventions for low-income Black youth.
“Connecting the Unconnected”: A Critical Assessment of US Satellite Internet Services
Without serious commitments from governments and the private sector to follow through on this rhetoric, satellite Internet technology could fail to reach the communities that need it most.
Collective Wisdom: Co-Creating Media within Communities, across Disciplines and with Algorithms
First-of-its-kind field study of the media industry highlights trends, opportunities, and challenges to help advance the understanding and recognition of co-created works and practices
Augmenting Reality: The Markers, Memories, and Meanings Behind Today’s AR
William Uricchio’s essay “considers today’s AR technologies in terms of these more deeply embedded practices of augmentation, particularly as they play out as interfaces in urban places.”
Transmedia Storytelling Initiative launches with $1.1 million gift
Launched by the School of Architecture and Planning, the Initiative will partner with faculty across MIT, including those at CMS/W — a leader in transmedia storytelling studies going back to its founding in 1999.
Last Night a DJ Queered My Life: Disrupting the Mythologies of a Popular Media Practice
This project examines queer and feminist DJ practice through ethnographic research with women and nonbinary DJs of color.
