As part of his book launch, Sasha Costanza-Chock shares some of his prior experiences working as both an activist and a researcher of social movements.
Podcast: “Paul Levitz, in Conversation With Junot Diaz”
Paul Levitz, who served 30 years as an executive at DC Comics, is currently working on a book on Will Eisner and the birth of the graphic novel for Abrams Comic Arts.
From Cambridge to Shenzhen: An update of NGO2.0
Starting this past August, NGO2.0 evolved from a project originally in MIT’s New Media Action Lab into a Shenzhen-based Chinese nonprofit organization, the TuOu Center for Nonprofit Tech Development.
Video, podcast, and summary: “Ultimate Truths: Comparing Science and the Humanities”
James Carroll, Rebecca Goldstein, Alan Lightman, and Robert Weinberg talk with Seth Mnookin on “the differences and similarities in the kinds of knowledge available through inquiry in the sciences and humanities.”
Remote Controls, Switchboards, Dashboards, War Rooms: The Cybernetics DNA of Smart Cities
“Whether we admit it or not, the smart city is, indeed, an authoritarian construct. But that doesn’t have to be a terrible thing.”
Open Sensors: Trust, Calibration, and Certification
Lily Bui locates the key points of discussion around open sensor certification, especially as it relates to the evolution of sensor journalism.
Why Citizen Science and Public Media Need to Get Together
“Communities often need a means of communicating to themselves and to each other. And that, dear reader, is where media comes in.”
