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Technology shapes the modern world and MIT is a world leader in shaping technology. It is imperative that MIT students, faculty, and staff, not only engage in, but lead the dialogue about the potential change. For forty years, the Technology and Culture Forum has provided the only on-going, Institute-wide arena for such issues to be discussed.

John Durant

John Durant, Director of the MIT Museum and T&C Steering Committee member, lead a spirited conversation on the theory of evolution by natural selection and religious faith during a dinner discussion hosted by T&C on January 30th. The evening provided a context for the stage work, RE: Design, which was presented at the MIT Museum on February 14th and 16th.

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About Us

The Technology and Culture Forum promotes discussion at MIT of the ethical implications of scientific and technological innovation and explores the role of science and technology in promoting positive change. We seek out topics which fall outside or between traditional departmental lines.

The Technology and Culture Forum's speakers represent a wide variety of viewpoints and frequently raise important questions not often heard at MIT in community-wide public forums. The timeliness, importance and unusual character of the perspectives presented at Technology and Culture Forum programs make a special contribution to the intellectual life at MIT.

Programs often emerge from faculty and student exchanges and program proposals are reviewed by The Technology and Culture Forum Steering Committee listed below.

Samuel M. Allen
Materials Science and
Engineering

Nazli Choucri
Political Science
Associate Director
Technology and
Development Program

John Durant
Director, MIT Museum

James Fay
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Emeritus

Xaq Frohlich
Graduate Student

Henry Jacoby
Sloan School of Management

Sarah Johnstone
Graduate Student

Evelyn Fox Keller
Science, Technology
and Society

Jay Keyser
Linguistics and Philosophy
Special Assistant to the Provost

Jonathan King
Biology

William R. Leitch
Class of 1956, Economics

Nergis Mavalvala
Physics
Cecil & Ida Green Career Development Professor

The Rev. Amy McCreath
Coordinator, T&C
Episcopal Chaplain, MIT

Christopher Moore
The McGovern Institute
Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Megan Palmer
Graduate Student

Ruth Perry
Literature
Program in Women's Studies

Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Urban Studies and
Planning

Bishwapriya Sanyal
Urban Studies and Planning

Patricia Weinmann
Associate Coordinator, T&C

Ali S. Wyne
Undergraduate Student