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<font face="Times, Times" size=2>With apologies for resending, but the
version below has added information about the discussion.<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><b><i>Science and Democracy</b>,
a lecture series aimed at exploring both the promised benefits or our
era's most salient scientific and technological breakthroughs and the
potentially harmful consequences of developments that are inadequately
understood, debated, or managed by politicians, lay publics, and policy
institutions.</i><br>
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"Connected Publics: Power and Politics in a Networked Age” <br>
</font><font face="Times, Times"><i>A Panel Discussion
Featuring:</i><br>
</font><font face="Times, Times" color="#000080">Yochai
Benkler</b></font><font face="Times, Times">, the Berkman Professor of
Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard, and faculty co-director of the
Berkman Center for Internet and Society<br>
</font><font face="Times, Times" color="#000080"><b>Antoine
Picon</b></font><font face="Times, Times">, Professor of the History of
Architecture and Technology at the Harvard Graduate School of Design<br>
</font><font face="Times, Times" color="#000080"><b>Lucy
Suchman</b></font><font face="Times, Times">, professor of anthropology
of science and technology in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster
University, and co-director of Lancaster's Centre for Science
Studies<br>
</font><font face="Times, Times" color="#000080"><b>Sherry
Turkle</b></font><font face="Times, Times">, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé
Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program
in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT and the founder and
director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self<br><br>
<b><i>Moderated by:</i><br>
</font><font face="Times, Times" color="#000080">Sheila
Jasanoff</font><font face="Times, Times">,</b> Pforzheimer Professor of
Science & Technology Studies, Harvard Kennedy School <br>
<b><br>
Wednesday, March 11<br>
5:00 - 7:00p<br>
Piper auditorium, Gund Hall<br>
48 Quincy Street<br>
Harvard University<br>
</b></font><font face="Times, Times" color="#0000FF"> <br>
</font><font face="Times, Times">How do the new forms of connectivity
enabled by the internet affect flows of power in society? Does electronic
communication create new forms of self-identification, new political
sensibilities, or new avenues of empowerment? Or do old hierarchies get
reinforced and familiar divisions, such as those between male and female
or right and left, get more firmly entrenched through new routines? How
do design choices affect relationships of power, for example, by
selecting who should be connected to whom and across what sorts of
spaces? Drawing on studies of teenagers and professional designers,
cities and the blogosphere, this distinguished panel will lead us on a
fascinating journey across today's changing public spheres. They will
offer tantalizing glimpses into the democratic imaginations taking shape
in cyberspace.<br>
</font><font face="Times, Times" color="#0000FF"><br>
</font><font face="Times, Times">This event is organized by the Program
on Science, Technology, and Society, at the Harvard Kennedy School and
co-sponsored by the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the
Graduate School of Design, and the Harvard University Center for the
Environment. For more information on Science, Technology, and
Society events at Harvard University, please visit:
<a href="http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/sts/">www.ksg.harvard.edu/sts/</a>
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This event is free and open to the public.<br>
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</font><font size=2><i>Contact:</font><font face="Times, Times"><br>
</i></font><font size=2>Lisa Matthews</font><br>
<font size=2>Events Coordinator<br>
Harvard University Center for the Environment<br>
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<font size=2>24 Oxford Street</font><br>
<font size=2>Cambridge, MA 02138</font><br>
<font size=2><a href="lisa_matthews@harvard.htm">
lisa_matthews@harvard.edu</a><br>
p. 617-495-8883<br>
f. 617-496-0425<br>
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Debbie Meinbresse<br>
STS Program, MIT<br>
617-452-2390<br>
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