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The latest news from Comparative Media Studies/Writing at MIT.
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In retrospect: Media, Arts & Design | AI Conference
What impact will artificial intelligence (AI) have on media, arts and design? Which case studies already exist? What examples are to be found in the past? And how will the […]
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CMS/W and Racial Justice: A Path Forward
Our faculty in the MIT Faculty Newsletter: “Each of us, separately and together, can continue to fight for justice.”
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Alan Lightman talks with Oprah Winfrey
Even during this era’s fight to defend facts, there is still “an unprovable but real connection between all living things.”
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Media Arts and Design | Blockchain Conference 2020 – a recap of the two-day online conference
“We recorded the entire conference from A-Z. Click here to see the full playlist on YouTube. Or just click on Ardor.Rocks, there every talk is marked with timestamps for easy navigation to the desired talk.”
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Q&A: Seth Mnookin on Covid-19 and the public understanding of science
“The response is varying a lot in different parts of the country, in many cases according to the political leanings of an area or a region. And that’s going to cause real problems.”
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What role can blockchain technologies play during the Covid-19 crisis (and beyond)?
“It has become more and more apparent that properly designed blockchain technology based solutions can contribute significantly to solve present-day problems.”
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Attacking climate change, one human story at a time
CMS/W course arms students with the rhetorical weaponry to fight global warming.
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Register now (for free): Media Arts and Design | Blockchain Conference 2020 (Online: May 2-3)
Media Arts and Design | Blockchain Conference 2020 (May 2-3, 2020 @ Drexel University – 100 % online): Drexel University’s Department of Digital Media, supported by the Education Arcade @ […]
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Remote Learning Guidance From State Education Agencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic
CMS/W Assistant Professor Justin Reich and the Teaching Systems Lab report their recommendations and best practices for state education agencies providing remote learning guidance during COVID-19 school closures.
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Thomas Levenson: “Stop Trying to Make ‘Wuhan Virus’ Happen”
The term Wuhan virus treats COVID-19 as a Chinese scourge—and ignores an ugly history. Via The Atlantic.
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Heather Hendershot: The truth about Trump’s uncle and what it means for his presidency
His uncle’s life story tells us nothing about the president’s knowledge of the coronavirus, but it does show us why he’s failing. Via Washington Post.
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Justin Reich’s thread: “The #1 question is ‘how will you support your most struggling students?’”
“A growing body of evidence suggests that online learning works least well for our most vulnerable learners.”
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Design, power, and justice
In new book “Design Justice,” Associate Professor Sasha Costanza-Chock examines how to make technology work for more people in society.
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When Information Technology Meets Diversity, Creativity, and Social Change
Brazilian undergrads “often do not have opportunities to think entrepreneurially or to apply their technical knowledge while taking into consideration other humanities and social sciences disciplines such as anthropology, media studies, history, geography, and political science.”
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Media Arts and Design | Blockchain Conference 2020 (Online: May 2-3, 2020 hosted by Drexel University)
Scientists, scene experts and specialists from academia and industry are cordially invited to submit proposals for delivering a talk or workshop with the option to contribute a chapter to the
planned anthology.
