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The Center for Communication and Democratic Engagement (formerly called BoulderTalks) seeks to foster community and knowledge through democratic engagement. Through teaching, researchÌýand outreach we promoteÌýcommunication practices that embody democratic values, such as inclusion, participationÌýand mutual benefit. Center for Communication and Democratic EngagementÌýencourages thoughtful reflection onÌýhow we communicate about cultural crises, conflicts and challenges through democratic practices like debate, dialogue, deliberationÌýand performance.

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Founded in 2016, the Center for Documentary and Ethnographic Media advances the field of nonfiction media practice, ranging across long and short-form documentary, web and hypermedia, performance, installation, immersive mediaÌýand extended reality. ÌýPresenting guest scholars, curators, artistsÌýand practitioners, the Center inspires a national forum for documentary practice as an aesthetically and socially responsive art form within a culture that is increasingly expressed through media.

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Through the Center for Environmental Journalism, CMCI seeks to enrich public understanding of environmental issues by elevating the quality, range and depth of coverage by journalists. The center does this by helping seasoned and emerging journalists enhance their knowledge of the scientific, economic, political, and social aspects of these issues. The center also is a leading hub for journalistic reporting on environmental issuesÌýand research at the intersection of media, environment and society.

The Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism are at the heart of the CEJ’s professional development efforts. As part of the fellowship program, five journalists spend nine months at the University of Colorado auditing classes;Ìýworking on long-term, in-depth journalistic projects;Ìýand reflecting on critical questions—all without the pressure of deadlines.

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The Center for Media, Religion and Culture conducts groundbreaking research and promotes innovative teaching at the intersection of religion, media and public life. It is one of very few institutions worldwide dedicated to academic research, teaching and public outreach in this rapidly emerging field. It brings together national and international scholars, students, professionals and the general public at its widely attended conferences, seminars and workshops.

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TheÌýCenter for Race, Media and TechnologyÌýleverages facultyÌýand studentÌýthought leadership and insights to better understand how to redesign these systems to be more inclusive and representative of the everyday experiences of Black and Indigenous people of color.Ìý

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The Immersive Media Lab features a teaching/presentation area and four technology workstations. Each stationÌýincludes hardware and software for creating and showcasing virtual reality, augmented reality and 360-degree experiences.

The departments of Critical Media Practices and Journalism hold immersive technology classes in the lab, and it is alsoÌýavailable to faculty and students for research.

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TheÌýMedia Archaeology LabÌýhouses the largest collection in North America of still-functioning media from the early 20thÌýcentury through the 21stÌýcentury. Everything in the lab is meant to be turned on and played with. From phonographs and magic lanterns, to typewriters, word processors and early computers, the labÌýgives students, researchers, and artists the rare opportunity to have hands-on access to historically important devices of all kinds.ÌýThe labÌýbelieves that having the opportunity to experience how things were can help toÌýenvision how things could be.

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The Media Economies Design Lab is a think tank for community ownership and governance in media organizations. It creates space for researchers and practitioners to challenge the conventional norms and explore possibilities offered by neglected histories and possible futures. Drawing on diverse fields such as cultural studies, law, management, media archaeology, organizational communicationÌýand sociology, MEDLab holds space and time for better kinds of business.Ìý

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Nature, Environment, Science & Technology (NEST) Studio for the ArtsÌýis part of the larger campuswide Grand Challenge initiative and is open to all CU Boulder students, faculty, staff, campus units and community partners. CU Boulder is homeÌýto some of the top arts, Earth and space science graduate programs in the country. NEST explores the interrelation, generative overlaps and productive differences between these respective arts-based and science-based disciplines.Ìý

NEST seeks projects that engage with central questions of how methodologies within the sciences can inform artists and their appraoch to art making. In turn, what can contemporary art practice reveal about science to scientists? How can we use the practice of art to directly inform the practice of science, and vise versa? What central assumptions in scientific training might be challenged by approaches employed by the arts and humanities?Ìý

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Stories—nothing may be more fundamental to life than perhaps, well, life. Through studying, hearing, amplifying and co-creating stories in ways that are attuned to power, culture and ecology, the Sustainability and Storytelling Lab (or SAS Lab) aspires to hold unsustainable acts accountable and to make sustainable futures possible. We facilitate high-impact learning for students through courses, publications and internships that bridge theory and practice. The SAS Lab’s practices move through face-to-face interactions and across media, including podcasting and online story mapping. Our mission is enacted through collaborations within CMCI and across the CU Boulder campus, as well as with off-campus partners locally and globally.Ìý