A “machine for making the future” — François Jacob
Strange Tools Research Lab
Arts-based interventions for an uncertain future.The Strange Tools Research Lab (STRL) uses art inquiry, design, and scientific research to address complex problems in the fields of public health, ecology, and community engagement. Through encounters between diverse disciplines, perspectives, and technologies, we render familiar scenarios strange, opening up a space of possibilities in which novel, scalable solutions can emerge.
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Arts-Based Research projects
Dr. Kristopher Holland
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Veteran Communities projects
Dr. Kristopher Holland
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Sensorium projects
Dr. Anthony Chemero
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Dr. Kristopher Holland
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Veteran Communities projects
Dr. Kristopher Holland

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Sensorium projects
Dr. Anthony Chemero

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BioDesign projects
Dr. Whitney Gaskins and Nandita Baxi Sheth

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Neuroaesthetics projects
Dr. Kristopher Holland and Dr. Ilya Vilinsky
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Speculative Design projects
Dr. Kristopher Holland & Nandita Sheth
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“An experimental system in which a scientific object
gathers contours and becomes stabilized, at the same time must open windows for
the emergence of unprecedented events” — Hans-Jörg Rheinberger
Dr. Anthony Chemero
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“Scalar symmetries and strange tools: Learning Analytics and Embodied Design as techno-cultural confluence”
Tim Elmo Feiten, Kristopher Holland, and Anthony Chemero
International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2021.100452
Tim Elmo Feiten, Kristopher Holland, and Anthony Chemero
International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2021.100452
Strange Tools Research Lab (STRL), Cincinnati, OH