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<font size=4 color="#FF0000"><b>Monday, March 17, 2008<br>
</b></font>7:00p–9:00p<br>
Location:
<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=N51-337&mapsearch=go">
<font color="#8E3535"><b>N51-337</a></b></font>, (Joan Jonas Performance
Hall)<br><br>
<font size=5><b>ZONES OF EMERGENCY - Border Matters & Critical
Design<br>
</font><font size=6>Tad Hirsch & Moises Gonzales<br>
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<font color="#050000">ZOE Blog</font><font color="#FF0000">:
</font><a href="http://www.zonesofemergency.net/event-calendar/">
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http://www.zonesofemergency.net/event-calendar/</a><br>
</u></font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica" color="#040501">Lecture
Poster
Link:</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica" color="#FF0000">
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/vap/about/lecture.html">
http://web.mit.edu/vap/about/lecture.html</a><br>
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Border Matters and Critical Design will explore infrastructure in border
areas and design applications for underserved communities.How can
critical design practice and technology generate new paradigms and
alternative approaches to policy and planning?<br>
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<b>Tad Hirsch</b> is a researcher and PhD canddate in the Smart Cities
Group at MIT’s Media Lab, where his work focuses on the intersections
between art, activism, and technology. He has worked with Intel’s People
and Practices Research Group, Motorola’s Advanced Concepts Group and the
Interaction Design Studio at Carnegie Mellon University, and has several
years experience in the nonprofit sector. Tad is also a frequent
collaborator with the Institute for Applied Autonomy, an award-winning
arts collective that exhibits throughout the United States and Europe. He
publishes and lectures widely on a variety of topics concerning social
aspects of technology, and has received several prestigious commissions
and awards. Tad holds degrees from Vassar College, Carnegie Mellon
University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<br><br>
<b>Moises Gonzales</b> is currently a Loeb Fellow at the Graduate School
of Design at Harvard University and an urban planner who works in
Sandoval County just to the north of Albuquerque, New Mexico. He grew up
in La Merced to Canon De Carnue, one of the many land grant communities
(ejidos) of New Mexico. Moises spent the early part of his career dealing
with rural issues and the preservation of cultural amenities and
traditions in his and similar small settlements with strong ethnic
connections to the earliest history of the state. More recently, he has
been focusing on urban planning issues, out of the conviction that if the
city of Albuquerque becomes a more vibrant and exciting place, fewer
people will want to flee to the sprawling suburbs. Governor Bill
Richardson has appointed him to the “Our Futures, Our Communities” Task
Force on Smart Growth. His work at the county has focused on new zoning
and planning regimens that will encourage increased density within the
city of Albuquerque and more concentration of development around transit
nodes. As a Loeb Fellow, Moises will study patterns of urban development
around the world, with a concentration on methods others have used to
protect fragile natural landscapes and limit sprawl.<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Helvetica" size=4><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" size=4><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 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"><b>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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<font size=2 color="#FF0F00"><b>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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