Why Are Stories Violent?
Why Are Stories Violent?
You wouldn't ordinarily expect to find Euripides, Snow White, Bruno Bettelheim, and Rambo discussed at the same event. But they share the limelight in this session.
What's it like to be a grad student at MIT's HyperStudio?
What's it like to be a grad student at MIT's HyperStudio?
MIT graduate student Whitney Trettien describes what it's like to be a Research Assistant at MIT's HyperStudio for Digital Humanities.
Visual Overviews for Cultural Heritage: Interactive ...
Visual Overviews for Cultural Heritage: Interactive Exploration for ...
05/20/2010 6:00 PM Morss Hall Walker Memorial Ben Shneiderman, University of MarylandDescription: A focus on designing technologies that allow the "visualization of things not visible" has been at the center of Ben Shneiderman's work over the past two decades. He ...
Unbound symposium: Unbinding the Book (May 4)
Unbound symposium: Unbinding the Book (May 4)
Unbound: Speculations on the Future of the BookUnbinding the BookParticipants: Bonnie Mak (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), James Reid-Cunningham (Boston Athenaeum), Wyn Kelley (MIT Literature), Mary Fuller (MIT Literature)Moderator: Gretchen Henderson (MIT ...
Unbound symposium: The Xenotext, So Far with Christian Bök ...
Unbound symposium: The Xenotext, So Far with Christian Bök (May 3)
Unbound: Speculations on the Future of the BookThe Xenotext, So Far with Christian BökWe started the event with a kick-off reading, co-sponsored with Purple Blurb, featuring experimental poet Christian Bök, who has striven for ten years to engineer an ...
Unbound symposium: Reshaping the Book (May 4)
Unbound symposium: Reshaping the Book (May 4)
Unbound: Speculations on the Future of the BookReshaping the BookParticipants: Gita Manaktala (MIT Press), Christian Bök (University of Calgary), Bob Stein (SocialBook) Moderator: Amaranth Borsuk (MIT Writing and Humanistic Studies and Comparative Media ...
Two Lips Performance
Two Lips Performance
The live performance of "Two Lips," a piece written by Niblock and recorded in 2011 by three different guitar quartets, was played at MIT by students from the Berklee Interdisciplinary Arts Institute under the direction of Neil Leonard.
The Future of Digital Commons
The Future of Digital Commons
Nancy Kranich says the debate boils down to this: "Is information a public good or a commodity?" The more profit to be made, the higher the tension. Kranich envisions an "information society of the 21st century," where the ruling metaphor is the commons: information is neither public nor ...
The Film Experience - Lecture 4 (2007): Chaplin, Part II
The Film Experience - Lecture 4 (2007): Chaplin, Part II
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 ...
The Film Experience - Lecture 19 (2007): Italian ...
The Film Experience - Lecture 19 (2007): Italian Neorealism, Part I
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 Film Experience - Lecture 16 (2007): Film in the 1970s, ...
The Film Experience - Lecture 16 (2007): Film in the 1970s, Part II
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 ...
The Film Experience - Lecture 15 (2007): Film in the 1970s, ...
The Film Experience - Lecture 15 (2007): Film in the 1970s, Part I
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 ...
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, "Evocations" - excerpt
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, "Evocations" - excerpt
PhonCD J Aa71 evo composed by Mark S. Harvey © & ℗ Leo Records
Stu Puts Stephen on Notice
Stu Puts Stephen on Notice
Stu Schmill of the MIT Admissions Office puts Stephen Colbert on notice for trashing MIT during a recent interview with Richard Hersh on the Colbert Report.
Starr Forum: Reclaiming the Moral Life of Philanthropy
Starr Forum: Reclaiming the Moral Life of Philanthropy
The bottom-line mentality that swept American life in the last few decades, often overriding considerations of principle and professionalism in business, politics, the arts, higher education, journalism and other spheres, left its mark on philanthropy and the ...
Soap Box: The Political Life of Cheese
Soap Box: The Political Life of Cheese
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.
SHASS's 50th anniversary celebration
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 50th Anniversary ...
The 50th anniversary celebration for arts and humanities programs at MIT featured several symposia and a medal ceremony held on Oct. 6-7, 2000.
Piston, Suite from the Ballet "The Incredible Flutist" ...
Piston, Suite from the Ballet "The Incredible Flutist" (excerpt)
PhonCD In117 flu MIT Symphony Orchestra, David Epstein, conductor copyright 1996 The Vox Music Group
Paul Earls, "Cosmology Music - Begin"
Paul Earls, "Cosmology Music - Begin"
PhonCD Ea73 elemu copyright 1995, Paul Earls