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Heather Paxson, an associate professor in MIT's Anthropology Program, studies the people and culture behind the renaissance of artisanal cheese making in the United States.
Opening Remarks: Noel JacksonModerator: Seth MnookinPanelists: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Mark MckinnonRecorded April 11, 2013
Note: This video is from the Fall 2007 class. This lecture continues the discussion of transformation and subversion in 1970s films, specifically as embodied in work of director Robert Altman. Outline - Robert Altman (1925-2006) - Career - Defining qualities: - Moral ...
Note: This video is from the Fall 2007 class. This lecture continues discussion of Charlie Chaplin, comparing his films to those of Buster Keaton. Outline: - Keaton vs. Chaplin - Three passages - Cops (1922) - The Gold Rush (1925) - City Lights (1931) - Modern Times ...
Note: This video is from the Fall 2007 class. This lecture discusses dramatic changes in American film of the late 60s and early 70s: the end of the studio era, social transformation, and television as the new consensus medium. Outline - Transformations and subversion ...
Note: This video is from the Fall 2007 class. This session introduces some characteristics of Italian neorealist cinema, especially the 'principle of multiplicity' in which aspects of the film serve multiple functions. Outline - The Opening of Bicycle Thieves - The ...
The Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at MIT made an appearance on the Comedy Central show on March 25, 2013.
Courtesy of the Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture Part of Digital Inflections: Visions for the Posthuman Future Dr. Fox Harrell, Associate Professor of Digital Media in the Comparative Media Studies Program and Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence ...
The statistician and political polling analyst Nate Silver discussed his career and the ways in which statistics are changing the face of journalism.
MIT Professor of Writing Junot Díaz sat down with journalist Bill Moyers on "Moyers and Company."
Krista Lynes, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies Department, Concordia University in Montreal, Canada In his critical analysis of postmodern culture, Fredric Jameson asserted that the particular temporality of video, its “total flow,” bound ...
Recorded 12/6/12
MIT CAST visiting artist Mark Stewart, Glass Lab faculty and students experiment with the acoustic properties of glass on Oct, 23rd, 2012. Filmed by Erik Demaine and Nicole Teeny.http://arts.mit.edu/cast/artist/stewart/
Kwon is celebrated concert pianist, a martial arts expert and Nike fitness model and a lecturer at MIT
The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences' Web-based collection showcases the Institute’s longstanding engagement with music.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and MIT Professor of Writing, Junot Díaz, reads from his new book This is How You Lose Her.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and writing professor receives unrestricted $500,000 prize.
