The Civic Media Lab is a center for research, pedagogical innovation, media activism, and creativity. We support scholars, students, designers, artists, engineers, journalists, scientists, and civil society actors to work together to develop scholarship, critical journalism, artistic projects, digital tools, curricula, and policy recommendations. Sited at American University of Paris, our approach is international and cross-cultural, seeking to consider the role of media in different civil societies and social justice struggles throughout the world.ÌýÌý
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The Civic Media Lab was founded in 2017 under the direction of Professor Waddick Doyle, with an Ïã¸Û×î¿ì¿ª½±ÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Presidential Initiative grant from the Mellon Foundation. Over four years, the lab developed into a collaborative space for participatory politics and participatory culture, civic initiatives, social media and activism, intercultural relations, and democracy. With a strong focus on pedagogy and student initiatives, the lab fostered students’ civic engagement through video productions, podcasts, websites, and blogs, as well as research-based papers. The work undertaken in the Lab explored the civic potential of media when taken charge by individuals and communities in order to shape their own political reality in a constantly evolving, globalized, and connected culture.Ìý
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