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New book on innovation, design, and democracy. By Malmö University researchers. MIT Press.
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Rektor fattade på torsdagen beslut om skärpta kriterier för högskolans forskningscentrum samt om möjligheten för fakulteter att inrätta forskningsplattformar. Beslut fattades även om att avveckla Medea. Namnet kommer framöver att förvaltas av Kultur och samhälle. – Forskningen vid högskolan har utvecklats starkt under senare år och vi höjer nu ribban ytterligare för de högskoleövergripande forskningscentrumen […]
The long-awaited book Making Futures has finally hit the shelves. It is composed of stories that challenge the perception of what ‘counts’ as successful innovation. The stories form a wide and multi-faceted view of how it is possible to work with design and innovation beyond the search for a ‘killer app’. It reveals how design […]
Between October and December 2014, the Living Archives research project hosts public lectures on ‘urban gardening and archives’ in the greenhouse at Slottsträdgårdens kafé, Malmö. The greenhouse becomes a site for research and artistic practice. The Greenhouse Artist Talks lecture series is curated by Veronica Wiman, curator and professor of contemporary art at Tromsö Academy […]
CAMERON TONKINWISE is the Director of Design Studies at the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University. On November 26, he will talk about how designers must understand their role as enablers of systems-changes.
On Wednesday, October 15, Zeenath Hasan will give a lecture on the theme ‘Picking wild food: an act of resistance’. The lecture is open to the public and is part of the ‘Artist talks in the greenhouse’ lecture series, hosted by the Living Archives research project, where artists and others are invited to present work […]
[PUBLICATION] Innovation and design need not be about the search for a killer app. Innovation and design can start in people’s everyday activities. The stories collected in ‘Making Futures’ challenge the dominant perception of what constitutes successful innovations. They recount efforts at social innovation, opening the production process, challenging the creative class, and expanding the public sphere. MIT Press, 2014.
Malmö University is planning to reorganise the research centre Medea starting at the beginning of next year. Ongoing projects will be completed according to plan. New research projects will be conducted at the faculties, while support operations that have been a part of the centre will be assembled under Malmö University’s Department of Innovation and […]
The Nordic folklore archives (folklivsarkiven) gather stories from people’s lives in the Nordic countries. A major challenge that these archives face today is how to make the archives more accessible and how to renew the collecting methods so that a bigger and more geographically and socially diverse group of contributors can contribute stories. On Sep […]
Karin Johansson-Mex, Medeas föreståndare sedan 2011, går vidare mot nya uppdrag. 1 september börjar Johansson-Mex det nya jobbet som temaledare på LU Open Innovation Center, en utvecklingsenhet vid Lunds universitet som bygger och driver stora utmaningsdrivna innovationsprojekt. Precis som på Medea kommer Karin även där att arbeta med processer inom ramen för digitala medier och […]
Anna Seravalli will defend her doctoral thesis in Interaction Design on September 1. The thesis examines “making commons”, the establishment and management of collaborative organizational forms with the aim to create things and services in a sustainable way – environmentally and socially. Seravalli concludes that local approaches, collective ownership, and the opportunity to try out […]
