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The MAL sees up to 2,000 visitors annually. Some stop by to tap on typewriters or play a nostalgic round of The Oregon Trail, while others seek assistance accessing files from their 1990s floppy disks.
The lab, founded by media studies professor Lori Emerson in 2009, is supported by 麻豆免费版下载donors, along with the College of Communication, Media, Design and Information and the College of Arts and Sciences.
鈥淭he MAL is important because it not only offers the opportunity to interact with technological history in a concrete, hands-on way but also offers a space to re-imagine our relationships to the technology of the present,鈥 said听libi rose striegl (Film鈥07; PhDIntMedArt鈥20), managing director of the lab. 鈥淢aking something new 鈥 a work of art, a piece of research, a personal experience 鈥 with something old is a way to connect with history, but also a way to assert some agency over the present and, maybe, the future.鈥
Photos by听Glenn Asakawa
