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<font size=4 color="#FF0000"><b>Monday, March 10, 2008<br>
</b>7:00p–9:00p<br>
</font>Location:
<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=N51-337&mapsearch=go">
<font color="#8B3636"><b>N51-337</a></b></font>, (Joan Jonas Performance
Hall)<br><br>
<font size=5><b>ZONES OF EMERGENCY - lecture series<br>
</b></font><font size=6>David Small and John Tirman<br>
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<font color="#050000">ZOE Blog</font><font color="#FF0000">:
<a href="http://www.zonesofemergency.net/event-calendar/">
http://www.zonesofemergency.net/event-calendar/</a><br>
</font><font color="#040503">Lecture Poster
Link:</font><font color="#FF0000">
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/vap/downloads/VAP_Mondays_Tirman.pdf">
http://web.mit.edu/vap/downloads/VAP_Mondays_Tirman.pdf</a><br>
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David Small</b><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica"> completed his Ph.D. at
the MIT Media Laboratory in 1999, where his research focused on the
display and manipulation of complex visual information. This was his
third degree from MIT. He began his studies of dynamic typography in
three dimensional landscapes as a student of Muriel Cooper, founder of
the Visible Language Workshop and later joined the Aesthetics and
Computation Group under the direction of John Maeda. His thesis,
Rethinking the Book, examined how digital media, in particular the use of
three-dimensional and dynamic typography, will change the way designers
approach large bodies of information. His work has been exhibited at the
Museum of Modern Art, Documenta 11, the Centre Pompidou, and the
Copper-Hewitt. He is the principal and founder of Small Design Firm.<br>
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<b>John Tirman </b><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">is the Executive
Director of MIT’s Center for International Studies, where he is the
Principal Research Scientist. Previously, he was Program Director at the
Social Science Research Council (2000-2004), a Fulbright Senior Scholar
in Cyprus (1999-2000), executive director of the Winston Foundation for
World Peace (1986-1999), senior editor at the Union of Concerned
Scientists (1982-86), and a researcher-reporter at Time magazine
(1977-79).<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">Tirman has served as a trustee of the
Institute for War & Peace Reporting, International Alert, and the
Foundation for National Progress, which publishes Mother Jones. He is now
U.S. chair of IWPR, a London-based NGO.<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">His books include 100 Ways America is
Screwing Up the World (2006), Spoils of War: The Human Cost of America’s
Arms Trade (1997), and Making the Money Sing: Private Wealth and Public
Power in the Search for Peace (2000). He is editor or coeditor, and
coauthor of several collected volumes, including The Maze of Fear:
Security & Migration After 9/11 (2004); Terror, Insurgency, and the
State (2007); and Multilateralism Under Challenge? Power, International
Order, and Structural Change (2006). At MIT, he has led several research
projects, mainly focusing on the Persian Gulf, international migration,
and U.S. foreign policy. Additional interests include international
education and public service.al migration, and U.S. foreign policy.
Additional interests include international education and public service.
A native of Indiana who has lived in California and New York as well,
Tirman now resides with his wife, Nike Zachmanoglou, and their daughter,
Coco, in Massachusetts.<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Helvetica"><b>Directions<br>
</b>The Visual Arts Program at MIT is located at 265 Massachusetts Avenue
(building N51) adjacent to the MIT Museum. Enter through the grey door on
Front Street and take the elevator to the third floor. Exit the elevator
to your left and go down the ramp. The Joan Jonas Performance Hall, room
N51-337, is located through the glass doors on the right.<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Helvetica"><b>By Public Transportation<br>
</b>Take the Red Line to Central Square. Walk four blocks along
Massachusetts Avenue towards Boston and the Charles River. The Visual
Arts Program at MIT is located at 265 Massachusetts Avenue (Building
N51), adjacent to the MIT Museum. Or take the #1 bus to the stop on
Massachusetts Avenue at Pacific Street, across from the MIT Museum.<br>
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</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica" size=1 color="#161616">This
event is presented in conjunction with courses 4.381/4.366 : Intro to
Online Participatory Media: Zones of Emergency - Networks, Tactics,
Breakdown taught by Professor Amber Frid-Jimenez and 4.370/4.371 :
Research as Artistic Practice: Module 1: Zones of Emergency: The FEMA
Trailer Project taught by professors Ute Meta Bauer & Jae Rhim
Lee.<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Helvetica" size=1 color="#161616">Special thanks
to<br>
</b>This lecture series has been made possible with a special grant by
the Office of the Dean, School of Architecture and Planning<br>
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MI</font><font size=2 color="#FF0000">T</font>
<font size=2 color="#FF0F00"> Visual</b> Arts Program<br>
</font><b>James Pollack<br>
</b>Assistant to the Director<br><br>
<font size=2 color="#FF0000"><a href="mailto:vap@mit.edu">vap@mit.edu</a>
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</font><font size=2>Direct line: (617) 253-5229<br>
Fax: (617) 253-3977<br>
265 Mass. Ave., Bldg. N51-328<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA<br>
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<font size=2>further information and news<br>
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<a href="http://web.mit.edu/vap/flash.html">http://web.mit.edu/vap/</a>
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Debbie Meinbresse<br>
STS Program, MIT<br>
617-452-2390<br>
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