Founded in 2015, the GLOBAL EMERGENT MEDIA (GEM) Lab is a collaborative research space centered on the critical study of global, digital, and public culture. Combining critical theories of the global with documentary/ethnographic methods, GEM projects work both to challenge dominant (often Euro-American) epistemologies and to develop new approaches to pressing social issues.

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THE GEM Lab is a research community and infrastructure that actively supports graduate student and faculty research and creation through academic programming, (post)production workshops, and community events. This includes working groups, screening series, and public lectures; production workshops and access to audiovisual equipment; as well as the annual GEM Spring Symposium, the In Progress periodical of new research, and the Seminar in Media and Political theory.

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The GEM Lab is open to graduate students, faculty, and other researchers and practitioners. To find out more please join our mailing list, attend an upcoming event, and learn about our current and past initiatives. 

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