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SUMMARY:On the Politics of Punk Media and Peru
DESCRIPTION:L. Shane GreeneIndiana University\nThis talk\, with L. Shane Greene\, presents a theoretical overview of various situations – particularly their political\, aesthetic\, and media dimensions – that arose in the production of a book about the history of anarchism and punk rock during Peru’s war with the Maoist-inspired armed group known as the Shining Path. Specifically\, Greene is interested in how recounting the role of “underground rock” musicians and artists during the war – and from within the aesthetics of punk media – complicates the dominant narratives that describe Peru’s period of political violence and those that drive the story of globalization. The talk will draw from both primary examples from the historical period in question and contemporary ones that emerged from the book project. \nGreene is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University\, where he also serves as director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. \nThis event is co-hosted with MIT Global Studies and Languages.
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/l-shane-greene-politics-of-punk-media-peru/
LOCATION:MIT Building 4\, Room 231\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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SUMMARY:Jane McGonigal discusses her new book "SuperBetter" with Scot Osterweil
DESCRIPTION:Jane McGonigal\, coming to MIT September 17th and hosted by Harvard Book Store\nWe’re thrilled to join Harvard Book Store as they host Jane McGonigal\, who will discuss her new book SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger\, Happier\, Braver and More Resilient–Powered by the Science of Games with our own Scot Ostwerweil here at MIT. \nSuperBetter will be on sale here and will feature a book signing! \n\nMcGonigal’s new book will be on sale — with a book signing — at the event\nHarvard Book Store welcomes internationally renowned game designer and bestselling author of Reality is Broken JANE MCGONIGAL and Creative Director of the Education Arcade SCOT OSTERWEIL for a discussion of McGonigal’s latest book\, SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger\, Happier\, Braver and More Resilient—Powered by the Science of Games. \nIn 2009 Jane McGonigal suffered a severe concussion. Unable to think clearly or work or even get out of bed\, she became anxious and depressed\, even suicidal. But rather than let herself sink further\, she decided to get better by doing what she does best: she turned her recovery process into a resilience-building game. What started as a simple motivational exercise quickly became a set of rules for “post-traumatic growth” that she shared on her blog. These rules led to a digital game and a major research study with the National Institutes of Health. Today nearly half a million people have played SuperBetter to get stronger\, happier\, and healthier. \nBut the life-changing ideas behind SuperBetter are much bigger than just one game. In this book\, McGonigal reveals a decade’s worth of scientific research into the ways all games—including videogames\, sports\, and puzzles—change how we respond to stress\, challenge\, and pain. She explains how we can cultivate new powers of recovery and resilience in everyday life simply by adopting a more “gameful” mind-set. Being gameful means bringing the same psychological strengths we naturally display when we play games—such as optimism\, creativity\, courage\, and determination—to real-world goals. \nDrawing on hundreds of studies\, McGonigal shows that getting superbetter is as simple as tapping into the three core psychological strengths that games help you build: \n\nYour ability to control your attention\, and therefore your thoughts and feelings\n\n\nYour power to turn anyone into a potential ally\, and to strengthen your existing relationships\n\n\nYour natural capacity to motivate yourself and super-charge your heroic qualities\,like willpower\, compassion\, and determination\n\nSuperBetter contains nearly 100 playful challenges anyone can undertake in order to build these gameful strengths. It includes stories and data from people who have used the SuperBetter method to get stronger in the face of illness\, injury\, and other major setbacks\, as well as to achieve goals like losing weight\, running a marathon\, and finding a new job. \nAs inspiring as it is down to earth\, and grounded in rigorous research\, SuperBetter is a proven game plan for a better life. You’ll never say that something is “just a game” again.
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/jane-mcgonigal-discusses-her-new-book-superbetter-with-scot-osterweil/
LOCATION:MIT Media Lab\, Bartos Theater\, 20 Ames Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jim Crow and the Legacy of Segregation Outside of the South
DESCRIPTION:Police shootings and the Black Lives Matter campaign have shone a spotlight on how different the everyday experiences are of white Americans and Americans of color. While much attention has been paid to these seemingly daily occurrences\, the historical forces that led to our current situation have been less discussed: Is the de facto segregation that exists in many Northern cities a result of the lack of forced integration of the type that took place in the South? And is the mass incarceration of and police brutality inflicted on black Americans a result of these same forces? \nMelissa Nobles is the Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities\, Arts\, and Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science at MIT. She is also a collaborator and advisory board member of Northeastern Law School’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice clinic.  Her current research is focused on constructing a database of racial murders in the American South between 1930 and 1954. She is the author of two books: Shades of Citizenship: Race and Census in Modern Politics (2000) and The Politics of Official Apologies (2008)\, and related book chapters and articles. \nTracey Meares is the Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Before coming to Yale\, she was the Max Pam Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Studies in Criminal Justice at the University of Chicago; she was the first African-American woman granted tenure at both institutions’ law schools. She’s worked extensively with the federal government\, and since December 2014 she has a been a member of President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. \nModerator: Seth Mnookin is the director of the Communications Forum and the associate director of the Graduate Program of Science Writing at MIT. His most recent book is The Panic Virus: The True Story of the Vaccine-Autism Controversy.
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/jim-crow-legacy-of-segregation-outside-south/
LOCATION:MIT Building 3\, Room 270\, 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear)\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02319\, United States
CATEGORIES:Communications Forum
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