The UC Davis ModLab is an experimental laboratory for media
research and digital humanities. The lab is developing new tools
and methods to address the challenges faced by scholars working
at the intersection of the humanities, the sciences, the social
sciences, and the arts. Focusing on new media technologies and
processes of modification, the lab offers a dynamic and
collaborative environment for post-disciplinary modes of
research.
ModLab research programs include:
• Cultural studies of video games and media technologies
• Games and gamification as modes of humanities scholarship
• Off-the-shelf strategies for digital humanities scholarship
• Relations of ludic culture with surveillance and
militarization
• Technocultural practices such as modding, hacking, and
hactivism
