[Sci-tech-public] Nov 29 at 5pm: Errol Morris, "Investigating with a Camera"

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*Science and Democracy**, 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.*

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*Errol Morris*

Filmmaker and Author, Cambridge ****

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*"Investigating with a Camera"*

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*Comments by*****

Elaine Scarry, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and General Theory
of Value, Department of English, Harvard University****


*Moderated by*****

Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology
Studies, Harvard
Kennedy School****

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011***

*5:00 - 7:00 pm*

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*Piper Auditorium*

*Gund Hall, GSD*

*48 Quincy Street*

*Harvard University*

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Filmmaker and essayist Errol Morris’ groundbreaking work tackles questions
of truth, objectivity, and the role of expert knowledge in modern society.
His documentaries are renowned for their innovative use of interviews and
archival material. In his STS talk, “Investigating With a Camera,” Morris
will reflect on his experiences researching and producing four of his most
celebrated films - *The Thin Blue Line*, on a Texas murder case; *Mr. Death*,
on capital punishment and Holocaust denial; *The Fog of War*, on Robert
McNamara and the Vietnam War; and *Standard Operating Procedure*, on the
Abu Ghraib prison scandal. His new book "Believing is Seeing:  Observations
on the Mysteries of Photographies" was released by Penguin Press in
September.****

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Errol Morris has been listed as one of the top ten film directors in the
world by *The Guardian*. Among his many awards, including five fellowships
from the National Endowment of the Arts, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a
MacArthur Fellowship, Morris received the 2003 Academy Award for Best
Documentary Feature for “The Fog of War.” His ninth feature-length
documentary film, “Tabloid,” debuted in 2010. He is currently a regular
contributor to the opinion pages of the *New York Times *through his blog, *
Zoom*, and his first book of essays, *Believing is Seeing*, was published
in 2011 by Penguin Press. ****

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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:
www.ksg.harvard.edu/sts/. This lecture and discussion is free and open to
the public.****

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***Screenings of Morris’ films will be held at the Brattle Theater the week
of November 27. Visit the Brattle Theatre website for schedule and ticket
information:
http://brattlefilm.org/category/calendar-2/repertory-series/seeing-is-believing-the-non-fictions-of-errol-morris/**
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*Contact:*

Lisa Matthews****

Assistant Director of Events and Communications****

Harvard University Center for the Environment****

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Cambridge, MA 02138****

lisa_matthews at harvard.edu ****

p. 617-495-8883****

f. 617-496-0425****

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