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The Technology and Culture Forum at MIT sponsors lectures and symposia that address critical issues of our time. The programs explore the role of science and technology in promoting positive social, ecological, and economic change. In addition, they stimulate discussion about the ethical implications of scientific discovery and technological innovation.

Noam Chomsky

“The Forum has played a highly constructive role in bringing critical issues to the attention of the campus and the community, and fostering discussion and active engagement. For me personally, it has been a great privilege to be able to participate over the years, occasions I always look forward to with much anticipation.”

Noam Chomsky

 

Miss Representation: A Sundance Film

9-11 memorial

Wall Street in context

Students

A decade Later: Muslim communities and the Post 9/11 Interfaith Landscape

Cairo Demonstration

Teach In

Windmills

Thimi Woman

Upcoming Forums

To Conjure in the Fullness of Truth: A short video about TAC

Spring Semester 2012

WHAT MATTERS??
A Monthly Dinner Discussion

The Darwin-Lincoln Birthday Forum

Friday, February 10
12:15 to 1:30 p.m.
Killian Hall, 14W - click here for map

The North African ‘Arab Spring’: Days of Rage, Dreams of Trespass

February 14
4:30-6:30pm
E51-395 - click here for map

International Development Night @ the MIT Museum

Saturday, April 14
7:00-9:00pm
MIT Museum - click here for map

6th Annual Youth Summit on Global Climate Change

Saturday, May 21
9:00am-3:00pm
The Stata Center, Building 32 - click here for map

Recent Programs of Interest

The Second Arab Awakening:
Challenges and Promise

Tuesday, November 15
4:30pm
Click here to listen to this program.

WALL STREET IN CONTEXT: Strategies for Restoring the Dignity of the 99%

Tuesday, November 8
7:00pm
Click here for a video of the program.

The Internet and Political Conflict in the Middle East

Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
MIT Museum Soapbox Series
Watch the archived video of this event

A Conversation with Sherry Turkle

Tuesday, April 12
Click here to watch a video of this program.


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Read our 2010-2011 Annual Report


Janie Donohue, Coordinator of TAC.

Trish Weinmann, Assistant Coordinator of T&C, chats with Tech Talk