====== History ======

MEDLab has developed iteratively, testing and rethinking as we go. It's therefore especially important to know where we've been before deciding where we'll go next. 

===== Timeline =====

**2023.08.08** - Organized MEDLab's first conference, [[https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2023/06/26/conference-local-tech-ecologies|Local Tech Ecologies]]

**2023.03.22** - Published //[[https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2023/03/22/now-available-sacred-stacks-art-cyborg-community|Sacred Stacks: The Art of Cyborg Community]]// book and NFT, after six-month learning journey

**2023.01.01** - Changed name from Media Enterprise Design Lab to Media Economies Design Lab

**2022.10.24** - Launched [[https://cryptowake.xyz|Crypto Wake wiki]], soon folded it into Zodiac.wiki's Stories section

**2022.Fall** - Ran [[https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2022/04/23/meet-sacred-stacks-cohort|Sacred Stacks cohort process]]

**2021.Fall** - Held [[https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/excavations|Excavations artist residency]]

**2022.Summer** - Received NSF Designing Alternative Software Systems grant

**2021.Summer** - [[https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2021/06/14/get-our-new-pamphlet-community-rules-simple-templates-great-communities|Published]] //Community Rules// pamphlet as a companion to the CommunityRule.info platform

**2020.Fall** - Ran [[https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2020/12/08/meet-exit-community-cohort|E2C cohort]] in partnership with Zebras Unite

**2020.08.31** - //[[https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2020/08/31/exit-community-community-primer|Exit to Community: A Community Primer]]// published

**2019.03.03** - Received campus RIO Seed Grant

**2019.01.03** - [[https://gitlab.com/medlabboulder/medlab-website/-/commit/436d4174b90f9e3da45c32720e4980680d151d76|First commit]] on the first website

**2018.Fall** - Katy Fetters becomes the first MEDLab research fellow

**2018.08.24** - Held business design workshop with founders of the //Colorado Sun//