https://civic.mit.edu Creating Technology for Social Change Mon, 23 Jun 2014 21:07:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 https://civic.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/03/cropped-CivicMedia_Symbol_K_RGB-32x32.png https://civic.mit.edu 32 32 https://civic.mit.edu/2014/06/23/light-fieldwork-lytro-cameras-open-research-the-partial/ Mon, 23 Jun 2014 21:07:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2014/06/23/light-fieldwork-lytro-cameras-open-research-the-partial/ https://civic.mit.edu/2013/05/02/youth-advocacy-technology-and-sexual-exploitation-of-minors-liveblog/ Thu, 02 May 2013 16:59:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2013/05/02/youth-advocacy-technology-and-sexual-exploitation-of-minors-liveblog/ Written by Lauren Kapsalakis and Shreeharsh Kelkar, with assistance from Rebecca Perry and Amy Johnson; photography and video by Lan Li; workshop occurred on April 26, 2013. Session 1 of the MIT Sex Trafficking & Technology Workshop. Speakers: Lisa Goldblatt Grace Mary G. Leary Discussant: Kim Surkan Mitali introduces Lisa and Mary. Lisa works with vulnerable young people in a variety of capacities. She has also consulted with government on issues of trafficking and published extensively on these issues both academically and […]]]> https://civic.mit.edu/2013/05/02/technology-trafficking-discourses-liveblog/ Thu, 02 May 2013 15:52:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2013/05/02/technology-trafficking-discourses-liveblog/ Cowritten with Rebecca Perry, photography & video by Lan Li; workshop occurred on April 26, 2013. The welcome to the MIT Sex Trafficking & Technology Workshop, given by Mitali Thakor. Today’s Sex Trafficking & Technology workshop centers on issues of sex trafficking and labor and human rights, from the viewpoint of activists and scholars. The workshop is a joint collaboration between MIT’s Anthropology Program and Women’s and Gender Studies Program. Questions the workshop explores (from the workshop site): […]]]> https://civic.mit.edu/2012/06/19/and-now-for-something-completely-different-liveblog/ Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:53:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2012/06/19/and-now-for-something-completely-different-liveblog/ https://civic.mit.edu/2012/06/19/open-gov-whats-gone-wrong-whats-gone-right-liveblog/ Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:16:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2012/06/19/open-gov-whats-gone-wrong-whats-gone-right-liveblog/