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SUMMARY:Dissolve Unconference:  A Summit on Inequality
DESCRIPTION:Full info at mitdissolve.com. Overview… \nCome join a wide-ranging discussion of inequality featuring faculty and students from MIT and Harvard. \nThis unconference asks: How can we dissolve the structures of power that produce today’s inequalities? \nThis summit will feature 10-minute ignite sessions (talk/discussion) on central topics of our time:  climate change; civic media; black lives matter; gender inequality; society and economy from anthropological and humanist perspectives; community activism and co-design; affordable DIY health solutions; and more. \nThe final hour will focus on open discussion and networking\, including art and light food.  Cambridge-based Toscanini’s owner Gus Rancatore will also unveil a new ice cream flavor called  “This is what democracy tastes like.” \nThe goal is to identify common themes and to suggest possibilities for driving systemic change.  We will focus on bottom-up approaches that can circumvent or transform today’s political dysfunction and economic inequalities to move us towards a more inclusive social and economic future. \nIn the evening\, the Dissolve participants will join with local art collective Illuminus for an immersive light and sound event\, including DJ Wayne&Wax (Prof. Wayne Marshall\, ethnomusicologist at Berklee College of Music) and MIT’s DJ IanC. \nSpeakers include anthropologists\, media theorists\, activists\, and more\, including: \n\nEthan Zuckerman (MIT\, Center for Civic Media) rejecting politics\, embracing civics\nJose Gomez-Marquez (MIT\, Little Devices)\, affordable\, DIY medical technology\nChelsea Barabas (MIT)\, tech jobs and diversity\nChristine Walley (MIT\, Anthropology)\, Exit Zero filmmaker\, US deindustrialization\nTomiko Yoda (Harvard\, EALC)\, gender inequality in media\nAlex Zahlten (Harvard\, EALC)\, inequality and media theory\nStefan Helmreich (MIT\, Anthropology)\, wave culture\, technology\, inequality\nFossil Free MIT\, climate change activism\nEd Bertschinger (MIT)\, Institute Community Equity Officer\, diversity in higher ed\nSasha Costanza-Chock (MIT\, Center for Civic Media)\, co-design and activism\nBlack Lives Matter\, race and violence in the US\nIan Condry (MIT)\, Billionaire Action Lab Network @ MIT (baln.mit.edu)\n\nThe event is organized by the Creative Communities Initiative (ccimit.mit.edu)\, a lab Ian Condry co-directs with Prof. T.L. Taylor.  The event is produced in collaboration with the MIT Solve Conference (solve.mit.edu) and HUBweek (hubweek.org)\, a celebration of technology\, art\, and innovation in the Cambridge / Boston area. \nWe also acknowledge the generous support of MIT Global Studies and Languages and the department of Comparative Media Studies / Writing. \nThe Dissolve team is seeking groups who would like to have designated tables for sharing information. There is no fee for use of a table\, but please pre-register. \nFor more information\, or to get involved\, please contact:  \nProf. Ian Condry \ncondry@mit.edu
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/dissolve-unconference-a-summit-on-inequality/
LOCATION:Stata Center Lawn\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
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SUMMARY:From the Neolithic Era to the Apocalypse: How to Prepare for the Future by Studying the Past
DESCRIPTION:For thousands of years\, humans have experienced cycles of empire building and retreat\, from the neolithic settlers of Levant and the Indus Valley to the ancient Cahokia and Maya civilizations. What can new discoveries teach us about how to plan our next thousand years as a global civilization? Authors Charles C. Mann and Annalee Newitz will talk about how ancient civilizations shed light on current problems with urbanization\, food security\, and environmental change. \nCharles C. Mann is the author\, most recently\, of 1493\, a New York Times best-seller\, and 1491\, winner of the National Academies of Science’s Keck award for best book of the year. His next project\, The Wizard and the Prophet\, is a book about the future that makes no predictions. An early version of the introductory chapter was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. \nAnnalee Newitz writes science nonfiction and science fiction. She’s editor-in-chief of Gizmodo.com and founding editor of io9.com. She’s the author of Scatter\, Adapt\, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction\, which was a finalist for a Los Angeles Times Book Award. Her work has appeared in publications from The New Yorker and Technology Review to 2600 and Lightspeed Magazine. Her next book is a novel about robots\, pirates\, and the future of property laws.
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/prepare-for-future-by-studying-past/
LOCATION:MIT Building 3\, Room 270\, 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear)\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02319\, United States
CATEGORIES:Communications Forum
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