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Spring Speaker Series Talk — Pan-American Computing: Regional Integration and U.S. Corporate Power at the Origins of South American Computer Markets
14-130Join us on Mon., April 8, '24 at 4-5:30pm in MIT's Hayden Library, 14-130 The Nexus This talk analyzes the role of U.S. empire in the creation of South American markets for tabulating equipment and early mainframe computers. Grounded in two major programs—the 1940 Census of the Americas and the 1960s Latin American Free Trade […]
Book Launch and Panel Discussion for “How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design”
MIT Morningside Academy for Design invites you to a book launch and panel discussion with Hugo Palmarola, Eden Medina, Pedro Ignacio Alonso (eds.) How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design REGISTER HERE Monday, March 11, 5:30 p.m. MIT 9-255 website A video of the museum installation Cómo diseñar una revolución will follow the panel discussion. The video installation will run in […]
Spring Speaker Series 2024: “Market/Making: Knowledge, Technology, and the Production of Social Worlds “
14-130On Monday, February 5, 2024, at 4pm, Assoc. Professor in Sociology, Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra from the U of C, SD will speak at 4pm in the Nexus, Hayden Library, 14S-130 on the topic of "Market/Making: Knowledge, Technology, and the Production of Social Worlds." The talk is jointly sponsored talk with STS, Anthropology and History. Here's […]