Tech.Culture.Matters. is a research collective at the University of Michigan. We study the social, cultural, and political processes of contemporary technology. Our methodological toolkit includes ethnography, critical inquiry, research through design, discourse analysis, electronic arts, and critical making. We have conducted research in regions as diverse as the American Midwest, China, India, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Our work is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from and contributing to Science and Technology Studies (STS), Critical Computing and Feminist Human-computer interaction (HCI), Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW), Cultural Anthropology, Digital Media & Communication Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, China Studies, African Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Critical Data and Algorithm Studies.

Central to our research is the partnership with activists, scientists, artists, entrepreneurs, policy makers, and industrial producers in order to create more just approaches to technology, with a particular focus on identity, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, work, and labor.