With apologies for resending, but the version
below has added information about the discussion.
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.
"Connected Publics: Power and Politics in a Networked Age
A Panel Discussion Featuring:
Yochai Benkler, the Berkman Professor of
Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard, and
faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Antoine Picon, Professor of the History of
Architecture and Technology at the Harvard Graduate School of Design
Lucy Suchman, professor of anthropology of
science and technology in the Department of
Sociology at Lancaster University, and
co-director of Lancaster's Centre for Science Studies
Sherry Turkle, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor
of the Social Studies of Science and Technology
in the Program in Science, Technology, and
Society at MIT and the founder and director of
the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self
Moderated by:
Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of
Science & Technology Studies, Harvard Kennedy School
Wednesday, March 11
5:00 - 7:00p
Piper auditorium, Gund Hall
48 Quincy Street
Harvard University
How do the new forms of connectivity enabled by
the internet affect flows of power in society?
Does electronic communication create new forms
of self-identification, new political
sensibilities, or new avenues of empowerment? Or
do old hierarchies get reinforced and familiar
divisions, such as those between male and female
or right and left, get more firmly entrenched
through new routines? How do design choices
affect relationships of power, for example, by
selecting who should be connected to whom and
across what sorts of spaces? Drawing on studies
of teenagers and professional designers, cities
and the blogosphere, this distinguished panel
will lead us on a fascinating journey across
today's changing public spheres. They will offer
tantalizing glimpses into the democratic
imaginations taking shape in cyberspace.
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:
<http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/sts/>www.ksg.harvard.edu/sts/
This event is free and open to the public.
Contact:
Lisa Matthews
Events Coordinator
Harvard University Center for the Environment
24 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
<[email protected]>[email protected]
p. 617-495-8883
f. 617-496-0425
Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-452-2390
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