[Sci-tech-public] NOTE DATES: ****research in progress seminar series****

[Debbie Meinbresse]

>*Research in progress is a new collaborative workshop series beginning in
>Spring 2005 that supports interdisciplinary dialogues between MIT
>graduate students. Funded by the Graduate Students Office and launched
>from the History, Theory, Criticism section of the Architecture
>department, the series is designed for doctoral and master's students who
>wish to present any ongoing research in a public forum. Each event is
>student moderated and geared towards collecting constructive feedback and
>stimulating intellectual conversations about research methodologies,
>sources, and techniques.
>
>KICKOFF PARTY
>   Wednesday, February 16, 5-7:30pm
>   Stata Center Lobby near Vassar St.
>   Featuring introductory comments by:
>   Michael Fischer, Anthropology and STS
>   Mark Jarzombek, HTC, Architecture
>   Caroline A. Jones, HTC, Architecture
>   Bill Mitchell, Media Lab
>
>EMERGENT DESIGN IN ARCHITECTURE & BIOLOGY, 7-9pm, 32-124
>   Thursday, February 24,
>   Axel Kilian [Computation, Architecture],
>   Shomit Sengupta [Biology],
>   moderator Luke Thompson [Biology]
>
>CONSUMING COMMODITIES: HELLO KITTY MEETS QUEER EYE, 7-9pm, 32-124
>   Thursday, March 31,
>   Esra Ozkan [Science Technology & Society],
>   Winnie Wong [HTC, Architecture],
>   moderator Ilya Vedrashko [Comparative Media Studies]
>
>SUBCULTURAL SPACE: ART & INTERFACE, 7-9pm, 32-124
>   Thursday, April 7,
>   Max van Kleek [CSAIL, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science],
>   Mechtild Widrich [HTC, Architecture],
>   moderator Ben Dalton [Media Lab]
>
>FROM STREET TO HOME: RECONFIGURING IDENTITY, 7-9pm, 32-124
>   Thursday, April 21,
>   Pamela Karimi [HTC, Architecture],
>   Annis Whitlow [Department of Urban Planning],
>   moderator Susanne Seitinger [Media Lab]
>
>ECOLOGY AND HISTORY: ANIMALS, MEN & MACHINES, 6-9pm, 32-144
>   Thursday, April 28,
>   Michael Osman [HTC, Architecture],
>   Etienne Benson [Science Technology & Society],
>   moderator Patrick Haughey [HTC, Architecture]
>and FILMIC OTHERS
>   Lauren Kroiz [HTC, Architecture],
>   Brian Jacobson [Comparative Media Studies],
>   moderator Andrea McCarty [Comparative Media Studies]
>
>Please contact Jennifer Ferng at jferng at mit.edu for more information.
>
>*research in progress Spring 2005 Committee members are:
>Michael Baker, Anita Chan, Jennifer Ferng, Lauren Kroiz, William Norris,
>Karen Schrier, & Shomit Sengupta