Keitai Cool: The Latest in Mobile Phone Lifestyles in Japan and Beyond
Yuichi Washida
Wed Jan 28, 04-05:30pm, 4-231
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Japan's cell phone (or keitai) culture is the most developed in the world today, with new uses, marketing strategies, and social relationships increasingly transforming the ways people communicate and experience their own identity. Come hear about the latest developments in Japan from an advertising executive with 12-years experience in Hakuhodo, one of Japan's largest marketing firms and a leader in lifestyle research. In this session, we examine some latest survey data regarding media environment in Japan, the US, the Netherlands, and China, and introduce a new conception of marketing called “Situational Marketing.”
Contact: Yuichi Washida, 14N-207, 253-5038, washida@mit.edu
Sponsor: Comparative Media Studies
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EU Enlargement and the Environment
JoAnn Carmin
Thu Jan 15, 09:30-11:00am, 10-401
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Join us for an informal discussion on EU enlargement and environmental quality in Central and Eastern Europe. Faculty and students from Czech and US universities will address topics including regional environmental policy, the Water Framework Directive, the SAPARD program, and implementation challenges faced by governments and nongovernmental organizations.
Contact: JoAnn Carmin, 9-320, x2-2697, jcarmin@mit.edu
Sponsor: Urban Studies and Planning
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Films from the Americas
MIT Western Hemisphere Project
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
English sub-titles. Discussion w/ scholars & film critics after each screening.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/hemisphere/events
Contact: MIT Western Hemisphere Project, hemisphere-announce@mit.edu
Sponsor: Western Hemisphere Project
"The Last Zapatistas" (Mexico)
MIT Western Hemisphere Project
The first Zapatistas - survivors of the 1910 Mexican Revolution - reminisce & discuss present-day ecological challenges plus prospects for peace & justice. (Activist Kevin Batt, just returned from a visit with today's Zapatistas in Chiapas, will join us.)
Fri Jan 9, 07-09:00pm, MIT 66-110
"Sixth Section" (USA) & "Dream Deferred" (USA)
MIT Western Hemisphere Project
In Sixth Section a group of workers in NY, determined to improve life in their native Mexican village, send money home - & gain economic & political influence. In Dream Deferred high-school kids from immigrant families in Boston tell their stories: because their parents are "undocumented," they are unable to attend college.
Fri Jan 16, 07-09:00pm, MIT 66-110
"First Night" (Colombia)
MIT Western Hemisphere Project
Enchanting yet bittersweet, this love story is set in a society forced to deal with violence & corruption. Wilson & brother Tonio are separated by economic necessity. Tonio & Paulina soon flee their home in the mountains. What happens on their first night in the big city?
Fri Jan 23, 07-09:00pm, MIT 66-110
"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" (Venezuela)
MIT Western Hemisphere Project
In April 2002, the Venezuelan elite deposed the elected President. The coup was supported by the Bush Administration and even by the New York Times. Film-makers were inside the presidential palace throughout. Come watch the film they made.
Fri Jan 30, 07-09:00pm, MIT 66-110
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From Here to the Presidency
Charles Stewart, Sarah Song, Adam Berinsky
Tue Jan 20, 11am-12:30pm, 4-159
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Roundtable discussion and predictions. Who will be the Democratic Party's candidate? Who will be our next President? Come to this session, share your opinions and hear what the experts have to say!
Contact: Tobie Weiner, E53-484, x3-3649, iguanatw@mit.edu
Sponsor: Political Science
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Globalization Sounds Good But Who Pays the Bills?
MIT Western Hemisphere Project
Wed Jan 28, 07-09:00pm, MIT 1-150
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Wendy Call is a writer and activist who divides her time between Boston and Oaxaca, Mexico. She will discuss the costs of "free trade" -- no, it really isn't free -- and the ways in which indigenous and rural communities in Mexico and Central America are resisting the globalization being imposed on them by their own governments.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/hemisphere/events/
Contact: MIT Western Hemisphere Project, hemisphere-announce@mit.edu
Sponsor: Western Hemisphere Project
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How Baseball Teaches Us The Best Way to Elect the President
Alan Natapoff
Wed Jan 14, 04-05:30pm, 37-212, NOTE ROOM CHANGE
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
We discuss the way raw popular voting destroys individual voting power and would destroy the two-party system in large elections; the present Electoral College system has sustained both for 170 years. Simply changing our present system to a popular-vote basis while maintaining state-districting and Senatorial Electoral votes would empower millions of presently impotent voters, and maintain the protections the system now provides for the others. The electoral anomalies of 1888 and 2000, the failed history of raw voting in the large, and analogies to anti-trust laws and to baseball illuminate the large-statistics paradoxes of majority-rule and provide some delicious oddities.
Contact: Alan Natapoff, 37-219, x3-7757, natapoff@space.mit.edu
Sponsor: Political Science
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How to Make Your Public Service Project More Successful!
Sally Susnowitz (Director, MIT Public Service Center)
Tue Jan 20, 27, 03-05:00pm, W20-301, PDR 1 & 2
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2004
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
What did you do last summer? What did you learn?
Jerry went to Honduras, where he installed equipment in a river to see if the US-owned mine nearby was poisoning it. Susan joined an AIDS-education project in Belize. Ashley & Kay spent eight weeks in Arizona supporting Navajo elders in their fight to live a sustainable lifestyle against pressure from corporations & the government. All these MIT students wanted to do public service, & their efforts were funded by MIT, but will their projects actually have lasting benefits for the communities they intended to serve?
Students combining research & public service must achieve both understanding and positive change. We will talk with students, faculty, & funders about how a project can be designed to maximize the chances of success. If you have done public service, or want to, please join us! Our guest-list includes Jean Jackson (MIT Anthropology); Jeff Ravel (MIT History); Tom Cummins (Harvard Latin American Studies); Chappell Lawson (MIT Political Science); Michael Bergren (MIT Eloranta Committee); Paul Parravano (MIT President's Office); and you!
[Co-sponsored by the MIT Public Service Center]
Web: http://web.mit.edu/hemisphere/courses/service04.shtml
Contact: Organizers, service04@mit.edu
Sponsor: Western Hemisphere Project
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Introduction to Human Rights
Shefali Oza
Mon-Fri, Jan 20-23, 26-30, 01-02:30pm, 2-147
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Advance sign up requested, but not required
Introduction to major human rights issues around the world, including health, labor, science and technology, immigration/refugees, war/genocide, and the international human rights framework. Discussion-based, including case studies, papers, videos, and guest speakers.
Contact: Shefali Oza, sboza@mit.edu
Sponsor: Urban Studies and Planning
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Introduction to Social Science Data
Katherine McNeill-Harman
Wed Jan 21, 02-03:00pm, 14N-132
Thu Jan 22, 10-11:00am, E53-220
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Come learn how you can find and use social science data at MIT. This workshop will provide an overview of the types of social science data available, major sources for data, and resources on campus to help you in your research process. Stay after the workshop for hands-on use of the resources!
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/dewey/data/
Contact: Katherine McNeill-Harman, E53-100, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Joint Operations and Crisis Action Planning
Lt. Col. Ray Coia, USMC
Tue Jan 27 thru Fri Jan 30, 09am-04:00pm, E38-714
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
This course looks at how the US Armed Forces support achievement of national strategic aims in a changing strategic environment. Topics include: national security structure & organization, the Joint Strategic Planning System, capabilities & limitations of the Armed Services and Special Operations forces, crisis action procedures, and military force in complex humanitarian operations. We end with a simulated humanitarian assistance staff planning session in which students assume key positions.
This course is for students of strategic studies, international relations, political science, and those associated with the military.
Presented by CIS's Security Studies Program in collaboration with the Political Science Department.
Contact: Lt. Col. Ray Coia, USMC, E38-670, 258-9440, coiare@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for International Studies
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Kanan Makiya on the End of Saddam and the Future of Iraq
Kenneth Oye, Political Science Department
Thu Jan 8, 12-01:30pm, Killian Hall, 14W, Room 111
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Bring your questions about the regime of Saddam Hussein, its recent demise, and the future of Iraq to a talk by Iraqi exile Kanan Makiya. Makiya, an MIT-trained architect who is a professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Brandeis University, gave up architecture in 1981 to begin work on his seminal work about Ba'athist rule in Iraq, Republic of Fear. A member of the Iraqi National Congress, he became a key player in the exile community pushing for Saddam's overthrow. He is currently an adviser to Iraq's Interim Governing Council and a member of Iraq's consitutional committee.
Contact: Sarah Anderson, E38-600, x3-8306, sarahwa@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for International Studies
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Living the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Exploring the Past and Changing the Future
Tobie Weiner
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Planning Committee presents three evenings of dinner, video and discussion. Join us for dinner and a presentation and discussion of three of the "Eyes on the Prize" video series which chronicles the US Civil Rights Movement. We'll examine the accomplishments and struggles of some of the individuals who worked for positive change in their communities. You'll have a chance to connect with members of the MIT community and find out what you can do today to make the world a better place. This activity is co-sponsored by the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Planning Committee
Contact: Tobie Weiner, E53-484, x3-3649, iguanatw@mit.edu
Sponsor: Political Science
Origins of the US Civil Rights Movement
Tobie Weiner
We'll watch one of the early videos in the "Eyes on the Prize" video series and discuss the origins of the civil rights movement and the rise of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tue Jan 20, 05-07:00pm, 14E-310
Economic and Social Inequality: Then and Now
Tobie Weiner
Wed Jan 21, 05-07:00pm, 14E-310
Discussing Race in Comparative Perspective
Tobie Weiner
Thu Jan 22, 05-07:00pm, 14E-310
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MIT Washington Summer Internship Program Information Sessions
Charles Stewart, Tobie Weiner
Mon Jan 12, 03-04:00pm, 2-132
Wed Jan 21, 10-11:00am, 2-131
Tue Jan 27, 03-04:00pm, 2-131
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Come to an information session and find out about the MIT Washington Summer Internship Program. The program was founded in 1995 to give selected MIT undergraduates the opportunity to explore science and engineering policymaking at the national level, through study and practical experience. The interns have worked in the offices of government agencies, the private sector, and advocacy groups. Complementing the summer internships are a trip to Washington, DC, during spring break and a 12-unit HASS subject designed to give students an introduction to policymaking. All sessions are the same; come to any one.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/summerwash/www
Contact: Tobie Weiner, E53-484, x3-3649, iguanatw@mit.edu
Sponsor: Political Science
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Marxism Today
Felix Kreisel
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Read the World Socialist Web Site at http://www.wsws.org/
The new world order is characterized by political instability throughout the world, an aggressive eruption of American imperialism, economic stagnation in advanced capitalist countries, desperation and chaos in much of the Third World and social regression in the former "socialist" states. These classes will present a Marxist perspective on some of the major issues in contemporary politics.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/fjk/Public/iap/
Contact: Felix Kreisel, 1-132, x3-8625, fjk@mit.edu
Sponsor: Felix Kreisel, NW21-207, 617 253-8625, fjk@mit.edu
The role of the World Socialist Web Site and Iskra Research
Felix Kreisel
A presentation of the World Socialist Web Site, a daily Marxist news journal available in many languages, and Iskra Research, a Russian language Marxist publisher in print and on the web. Suggested reading: http://www.wsws.org/
Wed Jan 14, 06-08:00pm, 1-132
Russia's Capitalist Decade
Felix Kreisel
Balance sheet of twelve years of capitalist restoration in the former Soviet Union. Economic and social collapse in Russia and the drift to dictatorship.
Wed Jan 21, Fri Jan 30, 06-08:00pm, 1-132
The 1917 Russian Revolution: Was Socialism Doomed?
Felix Kreisel
We shall examine the Russian Revolution of 1917 within the context of world capitalism. Suggested reading: Trotsky's "History of the Russian Revolution" and "The Revolution Betrayed."
Wed Jan 28, 06-08:00pm, 1-132
Global eruption of American imperialism and the muzzling of the media
Bill Vann WSWS editorial board
Collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989-1991 has "liberated" American imperialism from its previous constraints. The drive to a new empire requires the destruction of democracy at home.
Fri Jan 30, 06-08:00pm, 1-132
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Migration of the Highly Skilled: Policy Options and Issues
Anna Hardman
Fri Jan 30, 12-02:00pm, 10-401
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
A panel discussion of international migration of the educated and highly skilled. The vast majority of legal migrants to the United States have a high school education or higher. For a handful of labor-exporting countries, international migration has caused a brain drain, with migration to the US taking half or more of the best educated in the population. Immigration of the highly skilled affects wages and employment for the native-born population and for earlier generations of immigrants to the US.
Contact: Anna Hardman, 9-316, x3-4512, ahardman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Urban Studies and Planning
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Presidential Campaign Politics 101
Michael Rogol
Wed Jan 21 thru Wed Jan 28, 08-02:00am, Nashua, NH
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 01-Dec-2003
Limited to 50 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 500.00 for Hotel and transportation (one week)
Every four years, New Hampshire hosts one of the nation's most interesting political traditions. The NH presidential primary election provides a special window into the political world of candidates, campaign staff and the media. We are offering "PCP 101" for the week leading up to the 2004 NH Primary. It will be based in Nashua with daily trips to campaign events, campaign headquarters, debates, etc. There will also be a daily presentation hosted by an experienced member of the "political establishment." Please note that this is a non-partisan activity and is not intended as a recruiting tool for any campaign. To sign up, please email the contact below.
Contact: Michael Rogol, (626) 818-1299, rogol@mit.edu
Sponsor: Engineering Systems Division
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Risks, Trust, and Plans
John deMonchaux
Thu Jan 29, 09:30am-05:00pm, 10-401
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Seminar will feature cutting-edge thinking on the issues of risk and trust challenging the planning and development professionals in the twelve countries represented this year in the SPURS (Special Program in Urban & Regional Studies)/Humphrey Program. These countries include China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Israel, Korea, Liberia, Mexico, Moldova, Venezuela, and Serbia & Montenegro.
Contact: Contact: Yan Zhang, 10-400, x3-5915, zhangyan@mit.edu
Sponsor: Urban Studies and Planning
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Rituals of Defense: Mobilizing the Kharabagh Movement (Armenia, 1988-1990)
Harutyun Marutyan
Thu Jan 22, 03-04:00pm, 16-220
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prof. Marutyun is an anthropologist and archivist of visual materials collected both during the democracy movement and the following struggle to free Kharabagh from Azarbaijan and integrate it with Armenia. He will illustrate and discuss the symbols and rhetoric that composed these national movements.
Contact: Harutyun Marutyan, hmarut@mit.edu
Sponsor: Anthropology
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Understanding the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Richard Kraus
Thu Jan 22, 02-05:00pm, 4-163
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
How did the Arab-Israeli conflict begin? Why is it still going on? Will it ever end? Why has the United States been involved in it, and what has the effect of that involvement been?
Contact: Richard Kraus, richardk@MIT.EDU
Sponsor: Political Science
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What's in a Map?
Prof. Leon Trilling, Prof. Wesley Harris, Dr. Michael Stiefel
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
This activity is co-sponsored by the Aero/Astro Department and the Program in Science, Technology, and Society.
Contact: Prof. Leon Trilling, E51-093, x3-7481, trilling@mit.edu
Sponsor: Science,Technology & Society
Prof. Leon Trilling, Prof. Wesley Harris, Dr. Michael Stiefel
Tue Jan 20, 02-05:00pm, 33-419
What is a Topographic Map?
Prof. Leon Trilling, Prof. Wesley Harris, Dr. Michael Stiefel
Maps have been used for centuries to help people locate themselves on this earth and to help travelers reach their destinations by providing a picture of the surface of the earth. The participants in this IAP Activity will examine how maps are made, what instruments and reference frames are needed, what distortions are inherent in them, and what symbolic languages are designed to describe selected features of the terrain.
Tue Jan 20, 02-05:00pm, 33-419
Prof. Leon Trilling, Prof. Wesley Harris, Dr. Michael Stiefel
Thu Jan 22, 02-05:00pm, 33-419
Can Social Systems Be Mapped Like Geographic Regions?
Prof. Leon Trilling, Prof. Wesley Harris, Dr. Michael Stiefel
Maps describe relationships -- e.g. between places. Can we design similar graphics to explain how social systems function and thus understand how we might achieve a social or personal objective; for example how to navigate our way through four years at MIT to get an education?
Thu Jan 22, 02-05:00pm, 33-419
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Why Don't We Vote?: A Series on Voting and Electoral Reform
Gregory Dennis
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Why don't we vote? Voter turnout in recent elections has reached record lows. This series will explore the reasons behind the political disengagement and proposals for creating fairer elections that will increase voter turnout.
Web: http://www.mit.edu/~greens/
Contact: Gregory Dennis, NE43-405, (617) 835-9161, gdennis@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Greens
Clean Money, Clean Elections
Federico Rivera, Massachusetts Voters for Clean Elections
Clean Elections reduces the influence of special interest money and provides a level playing field by offering qualified candidates a limited and equal amount of public funds.
Wed Jan 7, 04-06:00pm, 4-231
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