Hacked Matter
= "a Shanghai based research hub dedicated to investigating the process of technological innovation in China".
URL = http://www.hackedmatter.com/
Description
Hacked Matter is a Shanghai based research hub dedicated to investigating the process of technological innovation in China. Through a series of immersive events, public programs, online outreach and offshoot publications, we bring together key stakeholders (scholars, makers, artists and entrepreneurs) to explore the rich interconnections between DIY making, product design, hardware manufacturing, and speculative thought.
Established in 2011, Hacked Matter is rooted in a long-term engagement with grassroots creativity in urban China, which began with the founding of Xindanwei in 2009, and its offshoot Xinchejian in 2010. As one of Shanghai’s few international and interdisciplinary research hubs, Hacked Matter focuses on the production of new technologies, the networks of shanzhai manufacturing and the role of China’s maker culture.
WHAT WE DO
1. Build platforms that enable rich collaborations and long-term partnerships between international and Chinese designers, scholars, manufacturers, and innovators of new technologies.
2. Engage with existing creative practices in China in order to reframe the Western-centric discourse on innovation, maker culture, outsourcing and manufacturing.
3. Develop a rich theorization of the social, cultural and material aspects of cutting-edge technology production.
4. Conduct Ethnographic Research, Curated Workshops, Public Lectures, Professional Interviews, Open Hardware, Qualitative Research, Publications, Participatory Design Methods, Web-based Outreach, Storytelling, Multi-media recordings, Online discussions." (http://www.hackedmatter.com/)
More information
- bio of co-founder David Li