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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Program in History, Anthropology, and
Science, Technology and Society (HASTS) Dissertation Defense:<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Kieran
Downes<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 color="#3366ff" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#3366FF;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>From Enthusiasm to Practice: Users, Systems, and Technology
in High-End Audio</span></font></i></b><b><font color="#3366ff" face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:#3366FF;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Friday, April 17, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>E51-275<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Dissertation
Committee:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>David Kaiser,<i><span style='font-style:italic'> Associate
Professor (STS, Committee Chair)</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Stefan Helmreich,<i><span style='font-style:italic'>
Associate Professor (Anthropology)</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Susan Silbey</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Leon
and Anne Goldberg Professor of Humanities</span></i> <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>(Anthropology)<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Merritt Roe Smith, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Cutten
Professor of the History of Technology (STS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
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font-family:Calibri'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Calibri'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>-------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Karen Gardner<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Academic Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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E51-185<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Calibri'>617-258-8118 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Calibri'><a href="http://web.mit.edu/sts">http://web.mit.edu/sts</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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