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Subject
Units
Title
Day/Time
Room
Instructor
STS.250J/ 21A.859J
3-0-9
Social Theory and Analysis
Tues 1-4
E53-354…
STS.035 Spring 2017: Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:00 – 3:00 pm in 10-150
Gravity Waves! Come develop exhibits to demonstrate some of the principles involved in the recent success of LIGO, the…
When controversies about science and technology emerge, they bring to light points of friction between science, society and politics. The recent US presidential elections revealed some such divisive frictions within American…
Spring 2014: Tuesdays 3-5pm in E51-061
Graduate Level; Prereq: None
2-0-10 units
Instructor: Professor Sherry Turkle
Enrollment limited to 15; no listeners**
Explores the relationship between technology and conversation, with an…
Spring 2014: Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:00 – 3:00 pm in 10-150
Come try your hand(s) at creating a kinetic sculpture
for display in the MIT Museum!
This is a small,…
Fall 2012
Wednesdays, 1-4 pm
E51-165
Biopolitics, Bioeconomies, Biopolises and the Twenty-First Century. Beginning with readings from Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, and Gilles Deleuze, this seminar will read contemporary works on…
Fall 2011
Wednesdays, 1-4 pm in E51-393
This reading seminar to be co-taught by Michael M.J. Fischer and Byron Good will focus on one major theorist with supplementary readings from others. …
Fall 2011
Mondays and Wednesdays, 11 am – 12:30 pm in 1-246
HASS-H, CI-H (enrollment limited to 25 students)
3-0-9 units
Scientists and engineers need to be able to…