Tag: metaLAB

  • Nation & World

    Fatal encounters with police

    The metaLAB(at)Harvard project gathers the names and stories of 28,000 people who died during police encounters, highlighting racial disparities.

    4 minutes
    White text of names against black background.
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    Funny, creepy, or both?

    “The Laughing Room,” brainchild of Harvard metaLab researcher Jonny Sun, uses an algorithm to turn library visitors into performers.

    3 minutes
    In 'Laughing Room' installation, people sit on couches, laughing.
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    ‘Error’ brings opportunity to metaLAB

    For the first time, Harvard’s metaLAB travels to Austria for Ars Electronica, Europe’s premier festival for art, technology, and social reflection.

    5 minutes
    “Moral Labyrinth”
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    Shifting the ‘Horizon’

    In a trip to Iceland over the summer, Joanne Cheung worked with researchers to capture 360-degree video of the changing landscape.

    4 minutes
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    At metaLAB, curiosity meets whimsy

    The Harvard metaLAB, a design studio and creative research lab affiliated with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, reaches across disciplines to create new multimedia projects.

    5 minutes
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    Varied offerings from HarvardX

    From the Bible to Walt Whitman to the history of China, and from architecture to national security to clinical trials, HarvardX’s fall offerings feature a broad range of disciplines.

    9 minutes
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    Humanities in the digital age

    A panel of experts discussed the study of humanities in the digital age, and how humanists’ skill set is well-suited for careers in this advancing world of technology. The discussion was part of a series supported by the FAS Office of Career Services.

    4 minutes
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    Wedding digital with traditional

    Event showcases metaLAB summer projects displaying ways to access, annotate, and remix knowledge in the digital age.

    5 minutes
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    Creating the digital humanities

    Jeffrey Schnapp, professor of Romance languages and literatures, is using his academic passions to explore and experiment with the emerging field of digital scholarship.

    5 minutes
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    For Harvard, an IT summit

    From across the University, members of the information technology community gathered for the first Harvard IT Summit.

    7 minutes