Presentation of Medialab UGR - Research Laboratory for Digital Culture and Society: projects and impact

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What is Medialab?
Research
Laboratory for
Digital Culture and
Society

medialab.ugr.es! @MedialabUGR!
What is Medialab UGR?
A meeting point for research, analysis, and the dissemination of opportunities generated
by digital technologies in the areas of culture and society.
part of the University of Granada’s Vice-Rectorate for
Research and Knowledge Transfer
an open laboratory by, and for, the University and society
a research hub, and as an experimental space for exploring
creativity and new ways of generating knowledge in digital
societies
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What is Medialab UGR?
Our mission is to make critical contributions to the development
of research that employs digital technologies and that questions
the societal transformations generated by them. Our goal is to
construct a more creative, innovative, and prosperous University
and society based on the founding principles of openness and
active citizenship.
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http://bit.ly/comunicarMLUGR
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The Medialab UGR case was
published in a top journal in
the area of Communication

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Strategic Areas
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Digital Humanities Digital Society Digital Science
The Digital Agenda for Europe of
the European Commission based
on the horizon 2020 marking the
key lines of the digital
transformation in our society. We
analyse the opportunities for
research, financing and
participation of the
communitarian policies from the
University of Granada.
From the area of Digital Science
we work on the development of
digital strategies and tools
employed by researcher and the
whole university community in
order to move forward in
academic practices more open
and with a major impact (Digital
Scholarship). Also, we advance in
the visualization and
communication of bibliometric
information of the University of
Granada.
Technology and Humanities
constitute two key ideas to
configure a new space of
knowledge that we denominate
Digital Humanities, a space
which encompasses a set of
practices, academic and not
academic, in the area of
research, teaching and transfer
of knowledge which emerge
from the incorporation of the
digital technologies in this field
of knowledge.

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Digital Society
European policy:
Digital Agenda
Taking advantage of
opportunities for
research and society
Data Culture
The power is in
data: the gold for
the Information Era
Public
Engagement and
Open Society
Connecting citizens,
media and University
in new ways
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Ideas, prototypes and projects to
change Granada
LabIN stands for Laboratory of Innovation. The project is
conceived as a citizen laboratory for Granada focused on
citizen innovation. It implements a methodology based on the
generation of ideas, the prototyping of solutions and the
development of projects for a territory. It entails a network of
citizen participation which has two dimensions:
•  Physical space (like a laboratory for citizen social
innovation for Granada) and
•  Digital space (a global platform for the generation of
ideas and the development of prototypes and projects.
http://labingranada.org
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Esteban Romero - erf@ugr.es!
Generation of innovation based on
evidences collected by
people from Granada around the world
World brain
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digital
space

Esteban Romero - erf@ugr.es! 10!
digital
space

Ideas Prototypes Projects
X!aprendizaje!
digital
space
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Exploration of geolocalized ideas!

Network of urban living labs of
Andalusia
AndaLabs develops a look from the south to the
plurality of physical and / or digital hybrids spaces that
serve as channels for social and citizen innovation. A
contemporary way of integrating distributed knowledge
in society for the development of transformation
projects co-created by a plurality of social actors,
highlighting the leading role of citizenship. Andalabs is
mapping all the initiatives that take place in Andalusia
as well as in any other part of Spanish territory and in
the Latin American and European sphere. We develop
and grow in the territory but we connect and contribute
to the community from the globality provided by the
Internet.
http://andalabs.org
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medialab.ugr.es! @MedialabUGR!19!

Public engagement through the
digital voices
As a digital radio experience, Radiolab UGR is a radio
channel in streaming, which provides coverage to the
Medialab UGR communities and many other projects of
the University of Granada and the citizens of Granada.
LIVE BROADCASTING / PODCASTS ARCHIVE FROM
SPREAKER:
https://www.spreaker.com/user/radiolabugr
http://medialab.ugr.es/proyectos/radiolab-ugr/
RadioLab UGR
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How can technologies contribute to a more
accesible world?
The line of work “Accessible technologies” is a
iniciative of Medialab and “La ciudad
accessible” (The accessible city) which intends to
generate a space for reﬂexion, awareness and
generation of projects with citizenship projection
about the opportunities that technology offers for the
creation of a more accessible environment for the
needs of the people. Among other aspects practical
experiences are revealed in order to highlight the
need of the development of inclusive and non-
discriminatory digital tools, not only as an act of
social justice but also as a professional and business
opportunity.
http://medialab.ugr.es/proyectos/tecnologias-accesibles/
Accessible Technologies
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Engaging with citizens and
mass media

Platform on higher education
in the 21st century
Space for the reflection and action about the
present and future of the higher education. It
constitutes an open forum for the gathering of
different stakeholders which intend to influence,
with its contributions, in the decisions taken by the
university policy managers. With this very same
spirit, Facultad Cero will celebrate an annual
monographic seminar about the topic, which could
be followed in-person as well as online.
http://facultadcero.org
Zero Faculty
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How would the University be
if we could start from
scratch?
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Exploring
new open
ways to
discuss
together

Learning through the digital
technology
‘Connected Learning’ is a cycle of conferences which
emerges with the objective of exploring and analysing
the process of teaching, learning which is produced
through the technology transfer. Its content is based
on a series of conferences which take place
throughout different academic courses. Thus,
conferences will collectively reﬂect about what is
really new and innovative in the use of digital
technology, we will meet experiences which
combines different methodologies and, above all, we
will inquire about how our way of educate and learn is
changing in a each time more digitalized
environment.!
http://medialab.ugr.es/proyectos/aprendizajes-
conectados/ !
‘Connected Learning’
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‘Connected Learning’
Events
in the
last season

medialab.ugr.es @MedialabUGR
A repository of games and videogames
aiming for a number of purposes
GamesFor is conceived as a platform for the analysis
and dissemination of games and videogames aiming to
develop a number of purposes. The name is an
invitation to focus on “games for” different goals,
among them: creativity, values education, lesson in
values, development of skills, awareness among
different topics, citizen science, etc.
Our objectives are:
•  To generate a baseline repository for the educator community
and other people who look for use or development of games
with specific or complementary aims.
•  To develop an user community interested in games and
videogames.
http://gamesfor.org
GamesFor
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Space for reflection about
Digital Humanities and Social Sciences
The initiative Digital Humanities and Social Sciences of
the South (#CSHDsur) is articulated as a project for
permanent reflection and action through which build a
different and inclusive approach of the befallen
transformation of the recent years in the disciplines of
Social Sciences and Humanities. Thus, we acknowledge
the cultural, epistemological, intellectual, linguistic and
social idiosyncrasy of the South of Europe and Latin-
America as a standpoint, as well as other areas of
knowledge areas and methodological approaches
considered peripheral because of the hegemonic
practices.
http://cshdsur.es/
Digital Social Sciences and
Humanities of the South
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Rome, 20th April
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International projection

Challenges and risks for the
democracy in the digital society
Voices of experts, representatives of public
institutions and citizens meet in this project to
undertake a path of research and debate about
citizen participation and open government
within the framework of the digital society,
identifying the opportunities, risks and
problematics entailing the combination of the
new technologies and the principles of the
representative democracies.
http://medialab.ugr.es/proyectos/edemocracia-
y-participacion-ciudadana/
eDemocracy and Citizen
Participation
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eDemocracy and Citizen
Participation
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DIY (Do It Yourself) philosophy
The makers are people who, supported by
the technological advances and the social
network, build up devices and artefacts by
themselves. This line of work has as a
primary objective to give visibility to this
movement in Granada. In so doing, each
year the newer and more innovative ideas
and projects in this area are presented each
year, reﬂecting about the impact and scope
of this kind of proposals.
http://medialab.ugr.es/proyectos/maker-
day-granada/
Maker Day Granada
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Fighting for an open and accessible
education
Initiative impulsed in the framework of the Open
Education Week, a global event which intend to highlight
the positive effects that open access and the use of
knowledge has in the academic field, for both professors
and students. According to this approach, Open
Education shows different projects, resources and ideas
created under this philosophy, vindicating the
contribution of the educative community -more often
than not quite and lack of recognition- in order to
achieve a more open, inclusive and cooperative
education.
http://medialab.ugr.es/proyectos/educacion-abierta/
Open Education
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Open Education

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Digital Humanities
Epistemology
New methodological
approaches and
innovation in the
generation of
knowledge
Interdisciplinarity
Approach
Teamwork for
projects with multiple
proﬁles and
disciplines
Open Access and
Culture
Alternatives to the
intellectual property
and licences about
contents
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International Congress “Digital Territories”: constructing
digital humanities and social sciences
Medialab UGR, as a part of the the University of Granada’s Vice-
Rectorate for Research and Knowledge Transfer has created this
International Congress “Digital Territories” – constructing Digital
Social Sciences and Humanities, in order to encourage the
academic discussion, non-academic and social, as well as the
debate and the encounter among all the assistants around topics
related with the wide ﬁeld of the digital transformation of the Social
Sciences and Humanities. Digital Territories intend to be a place of
encounter to encourage an interdisciplinary approach and the
dialogue among diﬀerent areas and collectives which work or are
interested in the impact of the technology in the society. The
international congress will have annual periodicity, enhancing the
knowledge of the strategic lines of Medialab UGR, such as
humanities and social sciences.
http://medialab.ugr.es/i-international-conference-digital-
territories-2017/
Digital Territories
International Congress
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A new approach to the production and
dissemination of scientific knowledge
The digital environment is completely transforming the way in
which scientific knowledge is being produced and
disseminated, also in those areas of research which have
incorporated to the technologic revolution at a later stage,
which is the case of Social Sciences and Digital Humanities.
Nevertheless, these new tools and digital devices do not
always receive the academic recognition they deserve, even if
the development of only one of these products could
consume the professional career of an academic completely.
Knowmetrics intends to highlight the value of the activity of the
digital humanistic taking the singularity of her/his own field of
action as its standpoint, with a open science, transdisciplinary
philosophy oriented to the collaborative work. Knowmetrics is
a project developed in Medialab UGR with researchers of a
variety of Spanish, European and American institutions funded
by the BBVA Foundation (75,000 € / 2 years). !
http://knowmetrics.org
Knowmetrics: knowledge
assessment in the digital society
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Knowmetrics.org

The videogames phenomena and the
‘gamer’ culture
The intrinsic complexity of the videogame and the
‘gamer’ culture forces to acknowledge the nature of this
phenomena from as many perspectives as possible. The
seminars and workshops ‘Ggames’ were born with this
spirit, with which we pursue the contact among diﬀerent
communities interested in the videogame world in order
to generate interdisciplinary work dynamics and the
development of future projects in this matter. The
promoters of this initiative show a clear vocation to
break boundaries and agglutinate academic and
professional disparate trajectories, with artists and
researchers from areas such as History, Arts or IT.
http://medialab.ugr.es/proyectos/cultura-y-
videojuegos-ggames/
Culture and videogames:
GGames
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A new approach towards the production and
The Digital Social Sciences and Humanities Atlas
(#AtlasCSHD) conforms a project which intends to give
visibility to the digital academic community in Spanish
and other Latin languages. Its aim is to describe and
geo-localize in a map researchers, projects, centers and
other sources which have been developed in the ﬁeld of
the Digital Humanities and Social Sciences. Any person
can apply to appear in it by completing a simple form
application.
http://atlascshd.org
atlascshd.org
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Creating a community of digital
humanistics
Medialab promote all kind of encounters which have as
an objective not only the transference of knowledge but
also to create a networking of professionals and people
attached to Digital Humanities. Thus, we will carry out a
number of open workshops in form of conferences and
seminars around Digital Humanities projects. We also
celebrate meetings between technologic and humanistic
promote events such as the THATCamp. Finally we will
work to give visibility to those projects in the area of the
humanities with a strong digital component.
http://medialab.ugr.es/proyectos/encuentros-hd/
DH meetings
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Trending topic in Spain

Learning to digitalize Humanities
Training researchers, students and
administrative stafff in the field of Digital
Humanities is one of the lines which Medialab
intends to focus on. For them we offer digital
tools for its use in research, teaching or
dissemination. We will create a Digital
Humanities Toolbox with free and useful tools
for researching on Digital Humanities. We will
also organize practical methodological seminars
about the use of new technologies in
Humanities.
http://medialab.ugr.es/proyectos/formacion-
hd/
DH Teaching
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Helping to research on
Digital Humanities
One of the objectives of Medialab UGR is to increase the
formulation of interdisciplinary projects. Hence, we intend to create
seminars and workshops about how to apply for individual or
consortium projects whose scientific part has a very strong digital
component. In this regard, practical cases of the fulfilment of the
scientific-technical and budget part will be conducted, as well as to
identify which digital tools adopt for one or another project.
Similarly, specific seminars about the European calls (H2020) for
the Humanities and Social Sciences in the digital area will be given:
identification of calls, analysis of which are the objectives, the
impact that is required, etc. Finally, it will be identified other national
calls (BBVA Foundation) or international ones which had included
Digital Humanities as a priority line.
http://medialab.ugr.es/proyectos/investigacion-hd/
DH Research
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Digital Science
Digital Identity
Promotion of digital
scholarship and the
academic value of
digital identity
Digital
Communication
Visibility in social
networks and
communication in
digital media
Digital
Visualization of
Science
Visualization of
bibliometric results in
real-time
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Development of mobile applications
for academic promotion
The current configuration of the digital society
and new modes of interaction and consumption
of content on the Web, make mobile
applications and applications into a new field of
research, development and innovation. This
program aims to extend knowledge of such
digital products between the teaching and
research staff of the University of
Granada, so that they can be included in the
calls for research projects as a transformative
and distinction element.
http://medialab.ugr.es/proyectos/apps-ugr/
Apps
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Medialab Apps
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iOS

Medialab Apps
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iOS

Medialab Apps
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Android

Recognition of innovative digital
communication practices
This award aims to recognize the most
innovative practices and the impact of actions
of communication in digital media that
performs:
• Individual: teaching and research staﬀ;
administrative staﬀ and
• Services: groups and research projects of the
University of Granada.
It recognizes both the level of innovation of
practices and presence on the Internet and
Digital identity.
http://medialab.ugr.es/proyectos/premio-
medialab-comunicacion-innovacion-medios-
sociales/
Medialab Award "Universidad de Granada-
Caja Rural" to communication and
innovation in digital media
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Promoting the development of research
projects with a digital approach
Medialab UGR promotes this call for research
projects, within the program ‘Plan Propio’ at
University of Granada, with the aim of promoting
academic production and knowledge transfer in its
three strategic lines of research performance:
Digital Society, Digital Humanities and Digital
Science. This initiative is expected to stimulate the
preparation of projects for other competitions at
national and European level, with a special focus on
Horizon 2020; and to proliferate the development
of digital research at the University of Granada.
http://medialab.ugr.es/proyectos/convocatoria-de-
proyectos-de-investigacion-medialab-ugr/
Call for Medialab UGR
research projects
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Innovative methods for solving problems
and communicating ideas
In research, creative thinking is indispensable to
open new ﬁelds and contribute to the progress
of knowledge. In this context, this project aims
to analyse, develop and make known
methodologies for its application in solving
complex and open problems. We include
methodologies such as Design Thinking and
Visual Thinking.
http://medialab.ugr.es/proyectos/pensamiento-
creativo-aplicado-a-la-investigacion/
Creative thinking applied to
research
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Creative thinking applied to
research
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Exploring new ways of data visualization with
real-time bibliometric indicators
One of the requirements of the new times is to
disseminate information about our research
results to the general public on a daily basis. In
this sense we will create a section that visually
represents, through graphic galleries, the most
representative research data of our university
such as research projects and production in
Web of Science. The aim is taking the data
through web services and represent them in a
synchronous way, oﬀering immediate access,
up-to-the-minute.
http://livemetrics.ugr.es/
Live Metrics
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A new approach to the production and
One of the goals that the University of Granada
has not yet achieved is a selective mapping of
its most representative researchers in a
conspicuous, dynamic and aﬀordable way for all
audiences. It is proposed to create a web of
experts combining, on the one hand, data of its
presence in social networks, with its academic
prestige and scientiﬁc keywords. Thus we will
identify experts by area and we will include tag
clouds in order to allow users to navigate.
http://medialab.ugr.es/proyectos/mapeo-de-
lineas-y-expertos/
Mapping research areas
and experts
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