[Sci-tech-public] ZONES OF EMERGENCY - Tad Hirsch & Moises Gonzales; Monday Night @ VAP - 3/17/08 (7-9pm) -
Debbie Meinbresse
meinbres at MIT.EDU
Thu Mar 13 20:10:34 EDT 2008
>
>
>Monday, March 17, 2008
>7:00p9:00p
>Location:
><http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=N51-337&mapsearch=go>N51-337,
>(Joan Jonas Performance Hall)
>
>ZONES OF EMERGENCY - Border Matters & Critical Design
>Tad Hirsch & Moises Gonzales
>
>ZOE
>Blog:
><http://www.zonesofemergency.net/event-calendar/>http://www.zonesofemergency.net/event-calendar/
>Lecture Poster
>Link:
><http://web.mit.edu/vap/about/lecture.html>http://web.mit.edu/vap/about/lecture.html
>
>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?
>
>Tad Hirsch is a researcher and PhD canddate in
>the Smart Cities Group at MITs Media Lab, where
>his work focuses on the intersections between
>art, activism, and technology. He has worked
>with Intels People and Practices Research
>Group, Motorolas 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.
>
>Moises Gonzales 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.
>
>Directions
>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.
>
>By Public Transportation
>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.
>
>
>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.
>
>Special thanks to
>This lecture series has been made possible with
>a special grant by the Office of the Dean, School of Architecture and Planning
>
>MIT Visual Arts Program
>James Pollack
>Assistant to the Director
>
><mailto:vap at mit.edu>vap at mit.edu
>Direct line: (617) 253-5229
>Fax: (617) 253-3977
>265 Mass. Ave., Bldg. N51-328
>Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA
>
>further information and news
><http://web.mit.edu/vap/flash.html>http://web.mit.edu/vap/
>
>
Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-452-2390
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