Research
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Research
In the Critical Media Lab, XDM students have access to many resources to aid their Major Research Projects (MRP), creative installations, conference submissions, coursework, and many other opportunities. See our …
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Heads-Up User Group (HUUG) Research Project
The “HUUGers”, six students from the MA English and undergraduate Systems Design Engineering programs, wore Focals by North smart glasses for three weeks while blogging about their experiences with the …
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A Program for Posthuman Fitness
By Andy Myles, MA XDM Transcending the limits of our fleshy husks: this attitude – that the fitness and wellness industry uses to target you – has a lot to …
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Technically Buddhist
By Megan Honsberger, XDM MA Graduate. From the state which pioneered Zen Buddhism, California’s Silicon Valley has a new spiritual beacon: mindfulness. Technically Buddhist calls attention to the curious instances …
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Waterloo Region Cyborgs
By Miraya Groot, XDM MA Graduate. How do pedestrians’ behaviours differ when they pass through Victoria Park versus Charles Street Terminal? Sitting in eighteen outdoor locations across Waterloo Region’s three …
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mindflUX
By Megan Honsberger, XDM MA Graduate. With the advent of wearable technology like fitness trackers, XDM student Megan Honsberger’s mindflUX explores what it means to be online and continuously connected. mindflUX combines …
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Sleep Mode
By Julie Funk, XDM MA Graduate. Sleep Mode is a digital media project for those who are so connected to their phones they take them to bed. This project emphasizes …
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Greyfield/Brightfield
By Julie Funk, XDM MA Graduate. In Canada, “A greyfield classification is applied to shopping malls with less than CDN $150 in sales per square foot [per year] and a …
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Pacetaker
By Julie Funk, XDM MA Graduate. Pace-Taker is a bio-art and digital media art project that challenges the user to recognize their own feelings of anxiety through interaction with digital …
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iAbstain
By Caitlin Woodcock, XDM MA Graduate. Take your non-use on-the-go with iAbstain. Place your phone in the mobile carrier and proudly display your choice to actively resist the distractions of …
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Basket Case
By Caitlyn Woodcock, XDM MA Graduate. Inspired by local Mennonite communities, XDM student Caitlin Woodcock’s BasketCase is an experiment in digital abstinence. When a mobile phone is placed in the …
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Quilters Can’t Be Users
By Caitlyn Woodcock, XDM MA Graduate. Grab a few friends and catch up without the compulsive need to check your mobile devices. Inspired by the communal nature of quilting bees, …
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Sifter
By Tyler Crick, XDM MA Graduate. Sifter is a browser toolbar that displays meta-information for websites, fact-checking of content by scraping Snopes and Politifact, fake news website detection by querying …