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Kaiser, David
Training Scientists, Crafting Science: Putting Pedagogy on
the Map for Science Studies.
Professor David Kaiser received a grant from the National Science
Foundation to head a 19-member workshop on "Training Scientists,
Crafting Science: Putting Pedagogy on the Map for Science Studies."
The workshop met at MIT in the spring and fall of 2002 to discuss
original pre-circulated papers. Kaiser will edit the resulting
volume. He also received a research grant from the Spencer
Foundation.
Keniston, Kenneth
Equity, Diversity, and Information Technology in
India
Professor Kenneth Keniston (http://www.kken.net) continues his
research on cultural aspects of software localization with support
from the NEC Corporation (via the Provost's MIT Research Support
Committee), the Provost's HASS Fund, and the Mustard Seed
Foundation. He has an ongoing grant from the Ford Foundation for
the study of "Equity, Diversity, and Information Technology in
India." Prof. Keniston spent the Fall of 1999 in Bangalore as a
Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies,
Indian Institute of Science.
Mindell, David A
Deep Arch
David Mindell continued his research on technology, archaeology,
and the deep sea with a grant from the National Oceanographic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
http://web.mit.edu/deeparch/
Smith, Merritt Roe
Inventing America: A History of the United States
Professor Merritt Roe Smith received an add-on grant from the Sloan
Foundation to support the preparation of an electronic edition of
Inventing America: A History of the United States, the textbook he
co-authored with Pauline Maier, Daniel Kevles, and Alex Keyssar.
(Sloan has supported the textbook project since its inception in
1994.) The Digital History Resource incorporates a wide range of
multimedia materials and will be included on two CD-ROMs, one per
volume, packaged with every new copy of the text at no extra cost.
It was prepared by Rob Martello, a 2001 graduate of the HASTS
doctoral program. Inventing America uses the theme of innovation --
the impulse in American history to "make it new" -- to integrate
the political, economic, social, and cultural dimensions of the
American story. Publication is scheduled for summer 2002 by W.W.
Norton & Company
(http://www.wwnorton.com/college/titles/history/inv/).
Turkle, Sherry
Initiative on Technology and Self
Sherry Turkle is founder and director of the MIT Initiative on
Technology and Self, sponsored by the Kapor Foundation, and
continues her NSF-funded work on Relational Artifacts, centering on
robotics and artificial creatures.
NSF Grant
Professors Turkle (PI), Dumit, Gusterson, Mindell, and Susan Silbey
(Anthropology) received a grant from the NSF to investigate the
effects of new information technologies on professional identities
and the conduct of scientific and professional work. They will host
a conference in September 2003 to explore areas where there has
been a rethinking of the nature of the disciplines as a result of
the introduction of visualization and simulation.
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