Students of HASTS

News from the PhD Program on History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology & Society @MIT. A student-run account. Cover art by @bachwards

[Students of HASTS @StudentsOfHASTS]

Wonderful profile of @StudentsOfHASTS alumna @michspek!

[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

“We know these systems don’t work as well for people who aren���t white men, for older people, and for people with disabilities.”https://t.co/9GbmQ6ERxm @MITPSTS @MITEECS @MIT_SCC #thisismit #mitshass #mit

[Students of HASTS @StudentsOfHASTS]

Also on Monday, HASTS PhD candidate Alex Reiss-Sorokin became the department’s latest graduate with a dissertation entitled “From Research to Search: Technologies and Techniques of Legal Research, 1880-1980.” Congratulations, Alex! 🎉

[Students of HASTS @StudentsOfHASTS]

On Monday, @tim_loh presented his dissertation “Entanglements of Language, Disability, and Religion: The Politics of Assistive Technologies for Deaf People in Jordan” and became a PhD in HASTS! He is pictured here presenting his work and with his committee. Congrats, Tim! 🎊🎊🎊

[engagingSTS @[email protected] @eSTSjournal]

At #universities & other large organizations, #maintenance is not limited to isolated acts of #repair but includes the—dynamic, situated shaping of organizational goods & knowledges

Read A. Reiss-Sorokin’s article here: https://t.co/m9xCtpYanq

#Classification #WorkingKnowledge

[MIT STS Program @MITPSTS]

For the latest in The History of Technology:
Past, Present, and Future A symposium held June 7-8, 2024 in E51-115. Free to the public. Organized by MIT’s STS. To attend, email [email protected]. For more info, go to https://t.co/3BtKAE0oQV

[Society for Cultural Anthropology @culanth]

Great new @SAPIENS_org podcast featuring PhD candidate Tim Loh (@StudentsOfHASTS) on deaf migration, disability and agency, labor and education, and translation and globalization: https://t.co/AhRZinKUo6

[Students of HASTS @StudentsOfHASTS]

Check out this @SAPIENS_org podcast episode from HASTS PhD candidate @tim_loh on the journey of a deaf Jordanian from Amman to Tokyo 🔈 The episode webpage also includes a transcript and a summary of the episode in American Sign Language! https://t.co/EFyqUqEpJm

[MIT Anthropology @MITanthropology]

Congratulations to @MITanthropology colleagues Sonya Atalay, Amy Moran-Thomas, and @BettinaStoetzer!

[CASTAC @CASTAC_AAA]

@lmesseri @kaisirlin @slyphi @ssborodina Now to the speaker's remarks. @lmesseri opens the conversation with the idea that 'VR and AI don't flow on their own, they are always part of technological fantasies and what our technological futures might be like'. Her recent book, In the Land of the Unreal, follows this & more

[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

A key theme in @MITPSTS professor William Deringer’s work is that when quantitative reasoning gains more ground, the question is why, and to whose benefit. https://t.co/einTW0LRrH #thisismit #MITSHASS #history #data #MITSTS #humanities #socialsciences

[Students of HASTS @StudentsOfHASTS]

PhD candidate @ajagrande presented her dissertation yesterday and became a doctor! Her dissertation is entitled “He Lāhui Hawaiʻi Ma O Ka Hoʻomomona Hou I Ka ʻĀina: Nā Moʻolelo Lōkahi Ma Ka Mokupuni ʻO Oʻahu.” Congratulations, Aja! 🎉

[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

I cannot think of a better person to reimagine SHASS's efforts to create an inspiring and equitable working environment for our faculty and staff.” https://t.co/8P4WWJFO8c @MITanthropology #MITSHASS #highered

[MIT Anthropology @MITanthropology]

Congratulations to @MITanthropology Program Head @heather_paxson, named Associate Dean for Faculty of @MIT_SHASS, effective July 1.
https://t.co/pL7JtKlaZU

[Jeffrey Yost @JustCodeCulture]

Please join us April 30th 2pm Central/3pm E. for the Tomash Fellow Lecture w/ 2023-24 Tomash Fellow @HASTS_MIT Alex Reiss-Sorokin's "From Research to Search: Legal Research Technologies, 1964-1994." @SocHistTech @SIGCIS #sts Register now! (free, required)
https://t.co/z8D9k7qWRw

[MIT Anthropology @MITanthropology]

@MITanthropology Professor Graham Jones is among the faculty featured in this post on "Expanding Horizons in Computing" series from @MIT_SCC - check out his talk "Data, Deception, and Design" https://t.co/TwauUv9qXN

[UTSC Anthropology @UTSCAnthroDept]

Fellowship in Ethnographic Writing is now open for applications for the 2024 cycle. Find out more about the fellowship and how to apply through the link in our bio!!

#utscanthro #utscanthropology #centreforethnography #uoft #utsc #anthropology

[Students of HASTS @StudentsOfHASTS]

@cannthroSTS is a PhD candidate in HASTS. congratulations, Alex!! 🎉🎊🥳

[MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences @MIT_SHASS]

Congratulations to @MITPSTS Benjamin Siegel Writing Prize winner Alex Nicholas Rewegan, who received the award for his essay "Carceral Pharmacology: Historicizing the Sciences of Cannabis and Pregnancy."

[Students of HASTS @StudentsOfHASTS]

HASTS student @bachwards spent this past winter break teaching Yiddish @OberlinCollege! 👩‍🏫

[Oberlin College @oberlincollege]

Students explore Jewish languages and take their Yiddish to the market. This Winter Term course offers introductory instruction in the language, with the possibility of continuing study in an off-campus summer program. #winterterm #languagelearning #highered #winterterm