Hip-Hop, Education, and Social Change: Are You Really Keepin’ It Real?
Professor Derek Greenfield St. Augustine's College, Marc Graham
Fri Jan 20, 01-03:00pm, 56-114
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: None
Hip-hop culture continues to possess potential as a tool of education and empowerment. With the negative perception of hip-hop, too many parents avoid dealing with it and too many teachers resist incorporating elements of the culture in the class. As a result, young people without a sophisticated social consciousness end up internalizing a limiting perspective of the culture. Thus, it is incumbent upon students to develop an awareness of the messages in order to utilize hip-hop within a broader liberationist movement.
In this highly interactive session, the presenter explores the complexity of hip-hop and delivers new insights into its current state of affairs. From debating issues to developing their own rhymes, participants will find this session to be enlightening and entertaining!
Contact: Christopher Jones, 3-134, (617) 253-9462, cmjones@mit.edu
Sponsor: Graduate Students Office
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MITing of the Minds 2006
2nd Annual MIT Philosophy Alumni Conference
Agustin Rayo
Thu Jan 19, Fri Jan 20, 09:30am-05:30pm, 32-D461
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
The MITing of the Minds is the 2nd Annual MIT Philosophy Alumni Conference. The conference aims to showcase recent work in a variety areas of contemporary philosophy, accessible to a broad audience. Presentations will cover topics in metaphysics, philosophy of language, epistemology, and ethics. Each day will feature one talk by an MIT faculty member, one by a current graduate student, and two talks by alumni of the MIT philosophy graduate program.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/philos/www/mm/
Contact: Agustin Rayo, 32-D932, 253-2559, arayo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Linguistics and Philosophy
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Philosophy Trivia Quiz
Helena de Bres
Fri Feb 3, 02-04:00pm, 32-D808 (in lounge)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Pit your capacity for abstract thought against that of the professionals, at what promises to be the most Profoundly Trivial event this IAP. Which famous philosopher rescued Naomi Campbell from the clutches of Mike Tyson with the words "I suggest we talk about this like rational men"? What does Karl Marx have in common with Jude Law? Does "Metaphysics" come before or after "Physics"? What is the meaning of life, anyway? All this and more! MIT Philosophy: if it's deep, we've thought it. Come get yourself some of the action.
Contact: Helena de Bres, 32-D916, 258-8084, helena@mit.edu
Sponsor: Linguistics and Philosophy
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Pre-Modern and Early Modern Linguistic Thought
Grammatical Elders Group
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
The idea of this mini-course is to get some exposure to some important chapters in the history of linguistic thought, with the help of faculty and students with relevant interests. Comprehensiveness is out of the question. This is more of a "highlight reel" of linguistic history, hopefully good and useful highlights that might serve as an access point for further study.
The general format each day will be a 45-minute presentation and up to 45 minutes for discussion. Suggested readings for each meeting will be announced in advance via the mailing list.
Contact: Grammatical Elders Group, 32-D976, 258-0216, jdhill@MIT.EDU
Sponsor: Linguistics and Philosophy
The Sanskrit Grammarian Panini
Grammatical Elders Group
Thu Jan 12, 01-02:30pm, 32-D461
The Arabic Tradition
Grammatical Elders Group
Tue Jan 17, 01:30-03:00pm, 32-D461
Ancient and Medieval Semantics
Grammatical Elders Group
Please note, this event will be held in 32-144.
Thu Jan 19, 01:30-03:00pm, 32-144
17th-19th Century Theoretical Developments
Grammatical Elders Group
Tue Jan 24, 01-02:30pm, 32-D461
Topic to be announced
Grammatical Elders Group
Thu Jan 26, 01-02:30pm, 32-D461
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