Michael Taussig: “Mooning Texas”

MIT Building 32 (Stata Center), Room 155 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge

An adventure story involving social energy + art + Emile Durkheim’s “take” on Mauss + Hubert’s “take” on mana + the creativity of gossip.

Being Muslim in America (and MIT) in 2016

MIT Building 3, Room 270 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge

Cambridge City Councilman Nadeem Mazen and Wise Systems co-founder Layla Shaikley--both MIT alumni--join engineering student Abubakar Abid to explore how hateful, discriminatory rhetoric influences public opinion, discuss its impact on the lives of Muslim-Americans, and examine strategies to combat it.