[Mitworld] Subject line: New: Art and Technology, Chomsky and Long on Vietnam

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MIT WORLD - Newsletter - volume 5 | number 2 | September 21, 2005
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[ART AND TECHNOLOGY]

Associate Provost for the Arts Alan Brody moderates this talk focused on
how art has affected technology and how technology has changed art.

[SPEAKERS]

**Speakers:**

**Alan Brody**
Associate Provost for the Arts

**Evan Ziporyn**
Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music

**Jay Scheib**
Assistant Professor of Theater

**Krzysztof Wodiczko**
Director of the Center of Art, Culture and Technology


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/286/>

[QUOTE]
"Every crisis is an opportunity. I feel that some of the best music I've
written in the last ten years has been made either in compensation for
mistakes I've made in regard to the computer, or mistakes the computer
has made, or through a deliberate misuse of computer technology"
-- Evan Ziporyn


EVENT HOST: The Inauguration Committee
<http://web.mit.edu/inauguration/>

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[VIETNAM REMEMBERED]

Ngo Ving Long and Noam Chomsky reflect on the Vietnam War on the date
considered the anniversary of the "end" of the war, with poignant and
somber reminders of the horrors of war, both past and present.

[SPEAKERS]

**Speakers:**

**Ngo Ving Long**
Professor of History, University of Maine

**Noam Chomsky**
Institute Professor;
Professor of Linguistics

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/287/>

[QUOTE]
"What's the point of speaking truth to power? .... Try to do what a good
teacher does--encourage people to figure things out for themselves and
do something about it. Engage with others. Use whatever good fortune you
have--privilege, resources, training--to help people figure out the
truth for themselves"
-- Noam Chomsky


EVENT HOST: Technology and Culture Forum at MIT]
<http://web.mit.edu/tac/www/>

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IN THE PIPELINE:

**MIT Poverty Action Lab presents**

**Muhammad Yunus**
Founder and Managing Director
Grameen Bank


[** "Ending Global Poverty"**]

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[SPONSORED LINK]

[**Coming in November from the MIT Industrial Liaison Program**]
<http://ilp-www.mit.edu/events/brussels-MITW/>

Achieving Growth Through Strategic Innovation

Brussels Conference

**Charlemagne Building, European Commission Brussels, Belgium**

Co-organized by Agoria, this conference will provide an important forum
for European business leaders and government authorities to discuss
innovation policy and to review approaches to fostering innovation at
the national, regional and organizational levels. MIT faculty and
industry speakers will focus on current and future innovation
mechanisms, evaluate measures designed to support innovation, and
present specific innovation opportunities for an aging population.

**November
14-15, 2005**

[Online agenda, brochure and registration]
<http://ilp-www.mit.edu/events/brussels-MITW/>


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MIT Learning International Networks Consortium

**"Impacting Economic Development Through E-Learning"**

This year's LINC Symposium will focus on the impact of
technology-enabled education on global economic development, especially
through group learning, regional collaborations, and across
international borders. In addition to MIT speakers, there will be
presentations from educational leaders from Latin America, Africa, the
Middle East, South Asia and East Asia. Participants will leave the
program with insights into current best practices of educational
technology, and ideas on how to create and sustain learning communities
across pedagogical, technological, economical and social borders. The
program fosters a collaborative environment for scholars, researchers,
funders, and entrepreneurs.

Register by September and save $50.
<http://cee.mit.edu/index.pl?id=13963>


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