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The '''MIT Computing Culture Research Group'''<ref>http://compcult.media.mit.edu/</ref> was an applied research group at the [[MIT Media Lab]] founded and led by technologist and artist [[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], who also co-founded the MIT [[Center for Civic Media]]. Between 2000 and 2009, '''Computing Culture''' focused on "embedding poetic and political considerations in the development of new technologies."<ref>http://rhizome.org/announce/opportunities/36796/view/</ref> Its stated mission read in part:
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The '''MIT Computing Culture Research Group'''<ref>http://compcult.media.mit.edu/</ref> was an applied research group at the [[MIT Media Lab]] founded and led by technologist and artist [[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], who also co-founded the MIT [[Center for Civic Media]]. Between 2000 and 2009, '''Computing Culture''' focused on "embedding poetic and political considerations in the development of new technologies."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rhizome.org/announce/opportunities/36796/view/|title = Rhizome}}</ref> Its stated mission read in part:


:To refigure what engineering means, how it happens, and what it produces. Drawing on fields from the humanities, like [[Science and technology studies]], we create new technologies that function as instances of material power, but also as exemplars of what future goals engineering should pursue.<ref>http://rhizome.org/announce/opportunities/36796/view/</ref>
:To refigure what engineering means, how it happens, and what it produces. Drawing on fields from the humanities, like [[Science and technology studies]], we create new technologies that function as instances of material power, but also as exemplars of what future goals engineering should pursue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rhizome.org/announce/opportunities/36796/view/|title = Rhizome}}</ref>


==Research and Development==
==Research and development==
'''Computing Culture''' designed and built tools to comment on technology and its implications for social power dynamics, but also to function when applied.<ref>http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/the-robots-of-resistance/</ref> Tools produced within '''Computing Culture''' included, but are not limited to:
'''Computing Culture''' designed and built tools to comment on technology and its implications for social power dynamics, but also to function when applied.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/the-robots-of-resistance/ |title=The Robots of Resistance &#124; the Big Roundtable |accessdate=2015-12-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220070651/http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/the-robots-of-resistance/ |archivedate=2015-12-20 }}</ref> Tools produced within '''Computing Culture''' included, but are not limited to:


*Afghan eXplorer ([[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], 2001), a solar-powered, four-wheeled robot designed to report news from warzones.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/arts/26ARTS.html</ref>
*Afghan eXplorer ([[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], 2001), a solar-powered, four-wheeled robot designed to report news from warzones.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/26/arts/26ARTS.html|title=ARTS ONLINE; A War Game (Sort of), but You Can't Control the Action|newspaper=The New York Times|date=26 November 2001|last1=Mirapaul|first1=Matthew}}</ref>
*MarchToWar.com (Tad Hirsch, Ryan McKinley, 2003), a website devoted to wagers on when the United States' military would invade Iraq<ref>http://www.villagevoice.com/news/the-wagers-of-war-6411328</ref>
*MarchToWar.com (Tad Hirsch, Ryan McKinley, 2003), a website devoted to wagers on when the United States' military would invade Iraq<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/news/the-wagers-of-war-6411328|title = The Wagers of War|date = 4 March 2003}}</ref>
*[[Government Information Awareness]] (Ryan McKinley, [[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], 2003), a crowdsourced website devoted to identifying connections among United States elected officials and lobbyists<ref>http://searchcio.techtarget.com/definition/Government-Information-Awareness</ref>
*[[Government Information Awareness]] (Ryan McKinley, [[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], 2003), a crowdsourced website devoted to identifying connections among United States elected officials and lobbyists<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://searchcio.techtarget.com/definition/Government-Information-Awareness|title=CIO Definitions - SearchCIO}}</ref>
*[[TXTMob]] (Tad Hirsch, [[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], [[Institute for Applied Autonomy]], 2003), a SMS-messaging service for mass-protest coordination
*[[TXTMob]] (Tad Hirsch, [[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], [[Institute for Applied Autonomy]], 2003), a SMS-messaging service for mass-protest coordination
*Blendie (Kelly Dobson, 2004), an interactive, intelligent, voice-controlled kitchen blender<ref>http://gizmodo.com/324866/blendie-2000-voice-controlled-blender-does-in-fact-blend-video</ref>
*Blendie (Kelly Dobson, 2004), an interactive, intelligent, voice-controlled kitchen blender<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/324866/blendie-2000-voice-controlled-blender-does-in-fact-blend-video|title = Blendie 2000 Voice-Controlled Blender Does in Fact Blend (Video)| date=20 November 2007 }}</ref>
*Freedom Flies ([[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], 2005), an [[Unmanned aerial vehicle]] designed to observe militia activity in the Southwestern United States<ref>http://ttt.media.mit.edu/research/freedom.html</ref>
*Freedom Flies ([[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], 2005), an [[Unmanned aerial vehicle]] designed to observe militia activity in the Southwestern United States<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ttt.media.mit.edu/research/freedom.html|title = Things That Think: Freedom Flies}}</ref>
*Random Search ([[Ayah Bdeir]], 2006), a wearable garment that tracks touch patterns during airport patdowns<ref>http://readwrite.com/2014/03/25/ayah-bdeir-littlebits-hack-hardware-circuits</ref>
*Random Search ([[Ayah Bdeir]], 2006), a wearable garment that tracks touch patterns during airport patdowns<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://readwrite.com/2014/03/25/ayah-bdeir-littlebits-hack-hardware-circuits|title = LittleBits' Ayah Bdeir: Making Hardware as Hackable as Code|date = 25 March 2014}}</ref>
*RoBoat ([[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], 2006), a robotic kayak designed to protest at island prisons<ref>http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/the-robots-of-resistance/</ref>
*RoBoat ([[Christopher Csikszentmihályi]], 2006), a robotic kayak designed to protest at island prisons<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/the-robots-of-resistance/ |title=The Robots of Resistance &#124; the Big Roundtable |accessdate=2015-12-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220070651/http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/the-robots-of-resistance/ |archivedate=2015-12-20 }}</ref>
*Seeing Yellow ([[Benjamin Mako Hill]], 2007), a campaign against computer printer manufacturers' practice of including traceable, invisible yellow dots on printouts<ref>http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000247</ref>
*Seeing Yellow ([[Benjamin Mako Hill]], 2007), a campaign against computer printer manufacturers' practice of including traceable, invisible yellow dots on printouts<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000247|title = Seeing yellow over color printer tracking devices &#124; Linux Journal}}</ref>


==Notable Alumni==
==Notable alumni==
'''Computing Culture''' awarded degrees at the Master's and PhD level. Notable alumni include:
'''Computing Culture''' awarded degrees at the Master's and PhD level. Notable alumni include:


*[[Ayah Bdeir]], founder and CEO of [[LittleBits]]
*[[Ayah Bdeir]], founder and CEO of [[LittleBits]]
*[[Limor Fried]], owner, [[Adafruit Industries]]
*[[Limor Fried]], owner, [[Adafruit Industries]]
*Tad Hirsch, professor, University of Washington School of Art<ref>http://www.art.washington.edu/design/design-faculty/tad-hirsch/</ref>
*Tad Hirsch, professor, University of Washington School of Art<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.art.washington.edu/design/design-faculty/tad-hirsch/ |title=Tad Hirsch {{!}} School of Art {{!}} University of Washington |website=www.art.washington.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225033618/http://art.washington.edu/design/design-faculty/tad-hirsch |archive-date=2013-02-25}}</ref>
*[[Benjamin Mako Hill]], free software activist, hacker, and author
*[[Benjamin Mako Hill]], free software activist, hacker, and author
*Saoirse Higgins, practice-based research and lecturer, Orkney Islands


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 05:52, 30 August 2022

The MIT Computing Culture Research Group[1] was an applied research group at the MIT Media Lab founded and led by technologist and artist Christopher Csikszentmihályi, who also co-founded the MIT Center for Civic Media. Between 2000 and 2009, Computing Culture focused on "embedding poetic and political considerations in the development of new technologies."[2] Its stated mission read in part:

To refigure what engineering means, how it happens, and what it produces. Drawing on fields from the humanities, like Science and technology studies, we create new technologies that function as instances of material power, but also as exemplars of what future goals engineering should pursue.[3]

Research and development

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Computing Culture designed and built tools to comment on technology and its implications for social power dynamics, but also to function when applied.[4] Tools produced within Computing Culture included, but are not limited to:

Notable alumni

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Computing Culture awarded degrees at the Master's and PhD level. Notable alumni include:

References

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  1. ^ http://compcult.media.mit.edu/
  2. ^ "Rhizome".
  3. ^ "Rhizome".
  4. ^ "The Robots of Resistance | the Big Roundtable". Archived from the original on 2015-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  5. ^ Mirapaul, Matthew (26 November 2001). "ARTS ONLINE; A War Game (Sort of), but You Can't Control the Action". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "The Wagers of War". 4 March 2003.
  7. ^ "CIO Definitions - SearchCIO".
  8. ^ "Blendie 2000 Voice-Controlled Blender Does in Fact Blend (Video)". 20 November 2007.
  9. ^ "Things That Think: Freedom Flies".
  10. ^ "LittleBits' Ayah Bdeir: Making Hardware as Hackable as Code". 25 March 2014.
  11. ^ "The Robots of Resistance | the Big Roundtable". Archived from the original on 2015-12-20. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  12. ^ "Seeing yellow over color printer tracking devices | Linux Journal".
  13. ^ "Tad Hirsch | School of Art | University of Washington". www.art.washington.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-02-25.
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