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Hacking VR Speaker Series: Masterclass with Vincent Morisset

Open Doc Lab: MIT Building E15, Room 318 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

Creating with immersive and interactive tools. Is there even a box? Rethinking the rules of immersive storytelling. Meet one of the leading voices in innovation, interactive medium and creative digital artwork. Vincent is author of acclaimed, Emmy and Webby Awarded works such as Bla-Bla, Way-to-Go (NFB/France Télévisions) and interactive music videos (Neon Bible) resulting from a seven year collaboration with Arcade Fire.

Yasmin Kafai and Gabriela Richard

Barbie and Mortal Kombat 20 Years Later

MIT Building 56, Room 114 Access via 21 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

Yasmin Kafai and Gabriela Richard expand the discussions on gender, race, and sexuality in gaming.

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CMS Graduate Thesis Presentations

Cambridge Residence Inn, Doc Edgerton Room 6 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA

You are cordially invited to attend the thesis presentations of the Class of 2017 in Comparative Media Studies. The event will be held in the Doc Edgerton room, on the first floor of the Cambridge Residence Inn at 6 Cambridge Center. Coffee and conversation at 9:30, presentations begin at 10:00 am. Open to the public. For […]

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An Evening with Aparna Nancherla

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

Aparna Nancherla heads to MIT this spring for a moderated discussion on her career and her honesty about her struggles with depression.

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Michael Lee: “The Conservative Canon Before and After Trump”

MIT Building 56, Room 114 Access via 21 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

Michael J. Lee charts the vital role of canonical post–World War II (1945–1964) books in generating, guiding, and sustaining conservatism as a political force in the United States.

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Hacking VR Speaker Series: Jessica Brillhart, “VR in Science”

Open Doc Lab: MIT Building E15, Room 318 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

Google has been at the forefront of exploring new ways to shoot 360, VR stories. As the medium develops, how can VR be used to raise awareness about science-related project? How can it be used to tell stories about our bodies, our health? VR in developments sometimes mean collaborations with doctors, neuroscientists, data scientists. How can scientific knowledge inform creation and creation inform science?

Justin Reich

Playful Practice: Designing the Future of Teacher Learning

MIT Building 56, Room 114 Access via 21 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

In this participatory session, play samples of some of the practice spaces that Justin Reich's team is developing and discuss the theoretical foundations of their vision for the future of teacher learning.

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B.I.C. at MIT

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

Haitian poet, singer and song-writer Roosevelt Saillant, better known as “B.I.C.” for “Brain. Intelligence. Creativity,” is one of the best known and most creative and prolific artists in Haiti.

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Julien Mailland and Kevin Driscoll

Platforms in the Public Interest: Lessons from Minitel

MIT Building 56, Room 114 Access via 21 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

After thirty years in service, Minitel offers a wealth of data for thinking about internet policy and an alternative model for the internet's future: a public platform for private innovation.

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An Evening with Sarah Vowell

MIT Building 26, Room 100 Access Via 60 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA

On October 5th, best-selling author Sarah Vowell brings history and humor to MIT.