We decided to create an innovation lab, since we believe that interaction between disciplines and knowledges in a collaborative environment can generate important findings which could answer the problems of our time.

C O N T E X T

A series of political, economic, environmental and social phenomena is generating new global concepts of creating value, power, governability and governance.New modalities for work, production and investment are producing new requirements and learning modes, questioning at the same time the current regulations and institutions coming from previous times. The disruptive changes not only point out the obsolescence of present-day paradigms, but also lead to the rise of new ones.

L A BNowadays, the media is experiencing a permanent slow adaptation to disruptive changes caused by the new ways of information generation and circulation enabled by the Internet.In La Diaria we care beyond information technology and communication. We strongly believe in the need of having citizen labs, where solving a problem does not necessarily imply a computer application.That's why the ground floor of our newspaper office is being transformed into a Media Lab, providing the necessary co-creation technology and methodologies and, above all, creating a confident space where multiple actors from diverse disciplines can converge, finally producing the proper environment for innovation.

In 2015 there were only

31 MEDIA LABSLABS in the world created by media, mostly in Europe and the United States.Research by the Digital Media Research Program of the University of Texas (Ramón Salaverria, 1995)

According to the activity systematization in the 31 labs, four purposes can be listed, which are not necessarily present in all the studied cases:

1) technological development of digital applications (12 labs)

2) exploration of new narratives, multimedia formats and data journalism (9 labs)

3) promotion and encouragement of new business initiatives, projects and startups (7 labs)

4) vocational training and media literacy schools for young people (3 labs)

Goals

- Creating a lab which enables research, production and implementation of innovative projects, focusing on communication and culture.

- Creating a space for interaction between entrepreneurship (often associated with individual success) and the cooperative model.

- Going for training, experimentation and collaborative learning, always searching for collective models of economic sustenance in alliance with citizens/consumers.

- Promoting the experimentation of collaborative processes with a broad citizen participation oriented towards co-creation for an open governance, and strengthening and developing anticipatory social skills and informed use of the future.

Projects/lines ofresearch

Journalism and innovation- A new concept of reader participation in the news. In coordination with Coral Project (Mozilla Foundation, The New York Times and The Washington Post)- Collaborative ways of creation and commercialization of cultural content (in alliance with Libre Coop)- Data Journalism. In alliance with Data

Self-management and innovation- Providing innovation management techniques for cooperative movement groups, and self-management tools for entrepreneurship groups. (Mondragón Corporation, Inacoop, Inefop, Incubacoop)- Forum for debate on cooperative culture (Economy and Social Sciences schools of the University of the Republic of Uruguay, Mondragón Corporation)

Social policies and innovationUruguay has become a citizen lab considered a model by many countries regarding its innovation in legislation and social policies.- Fármakon, analysis of drug policies in the area (Open Society, JND, Proderechos)- El liceo del futuro [The high-school of the future] (MEC, High-School Education Board of Uruguay, Plan Ceibal)- Development of anticipatory abilities and social skills for democracy and sustainable development. (Día del Futuro [Day of the Future] - Laboratorios de futuro [Labs of the Future] FLACSO)

Culture and innovation- Visualizing chauvinism in the cultural agenda of Montevideo (IM - Culture)- Collaborative economy in the publishing business (Cámara del Libro [Book Chamber])

• Customer care for subscribers• Reception desk for projects• Coffee shop• Warehouse (e-commerce pick-up point)• Multifunctional filming set• Seats for 50 people (multipurpose: training and entertainment

activities)• Space for image projection• Coworking space• Talk show panel (with audio recording)• Radio studio• Video editing station• Community space / kitchen• Meeting space

SPACE ALLOCATION

Space organization is essential for facilitating co-creation and learning.

la diaria Lab will feature: