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Welcome to the MIT Open Documentary Lab

The OpenDocLab brings technologists, storytellers, and scholars together to advance the new arts of documentary.
Announcing the 2013-2014 OpenDocLab Artist and Research Affiliates

Announcing the 2013-2014 OpenDocLab Artist and Research Affiliates

The MIT Open Documentary Lab is pleased to announce its artist and research affiliates for the academic year 2013-2014. By participating in Lab activities, this inaugural group of artists, journalists, scholars, and technologists will explore the potential of new technologies as they collaborate with MIT researchers to shape the storytelling...
Sandy Storyline wins the Tribeca Storyscapes Competition!

Sandy Storyline wins the Tribeca Storyscapes Competition!

Congratulations to the collaborative documentary Sandy Storyline, which was just awarded the top prize for transmedia storytelling at the Tribeca Film Festival’s Storyscapes exhibition. Chronicling New York’s response to Hurricane Sandy, the online documentary is a collaboration between Cowbird, Housing is a Human Right, and our neighbors at the MIT...
The OpenDocLab is the recipient of an NEA grant!

The OpenDocLab is the recipient of an NEA grant!

The MIT Open Documentary Lab is a recipient of an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts! The grant will help the lab build a curated online database of interactive documentaries. Gathering examples of interactive documentaries from around the world, the open documentary database will be fully...
Should Filmmakers Learn to Code?

Should Filmmakers Learn to Code?

The MIT Open Documentary Lab teamed up with Filmmaker Magazine on The New Digital Storytelling Series, a group of interviews with leading digital storytellers, technologists and curators. This interview was previously published on FilmmakerMagazine.com and is reposted with permission. Should Filmmakers Learn to Code? by Sarah Wolozin, Director, MIT Open Documentary...
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Becky Hurwitz on Collaborative Storytelling

Becky Hurwitz on Collaborative Storytelling

Becky Hurwitz of MIT’s Center for Civic Media recently wrote a blog about artist Olga Nunes‘s collaborative storytelling projects. In one of these projects, Nunes asked people to contribute memories related to smell by calling a phone number and recording a message. The messages people left, in Becky’s words, were both “touching and deep” and...
Video Interview | William Uricchio discusses iDoc Business Models

Video Interview | William Uricchio discusses iDoc Business Models

The OpenDocLab team is pleased to welcome Arnau Gifreu Castells as an OpenDocLab visiting research affiliate. A Professor of Communication Studies at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and the Universitat de Vic (UVIC), Arnau is also a member of the i-Docs group. The Director of the UVIC_Lab, the Digital Content Laboratory at UVIC, he...
Video Interview | William Uricchio on Authorship and Collaboration in Interactive Documentary

Video Interview | William Uricchio on Authorship and Collaboration in Interactive Documentary

The OpenDocLab team is pleased to welcome Arnau Gifreu Castells as an OpenDocLab visiting research affiliate. A Professor of Communication Studies at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and the Universitat de Vic (UVIC), Arnau is also a member of the i-Docs group. The Director of the UVIC_Lab, the Digital Content Laboratory at UVIC, he...
The New Digital Storytelling Series: Katerina Cizek

The New Digital Storytelling Series: Katerina Cizek

The MIT Open Documentary Lab teamed up with Filmmaker Magazine on The New Digital Storytelling Series, a group of interviews with leading digital storytellers, technologists and curators. This interview was previously published on FilmmakerMagazine.com and is reposted with permission.   In the tenth part of Filmmaker‘s interview project with prominent figures from the world of transmedia,...
Video Interview | William Uricchio defines Interactive Documentary

Video Interview | William Uricchio defines Interactive Documentary

The OpenDocLab team is pleased to welcome Arnau Gifreu Castells as an OpenDocLab visiting research affiliate. A Professor of Communication Studies at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and the Universitat de Vic (UVIC), Arnau is also a member of the i-Docs group. The Director of the UVIC_Lab, the Digital Content Laboratory at UVIC, he...
The OpenDocLab Research Forum Launches with Arnau Gifreu Castells

The OpenDocLab Research Forum Launches with Arnau Gifreu Castells

The Open Documentary Lab is pleased to announce the Research Forum, a space for researchers to voice their opinions and test new theories. As part of our mission to promote the exchange of ideas about the new arts of documentary, we hope to encourage academic discussion and debate about these emerging forms by creating a...