Nitin Sawhney is a graduate of the MIT Media Lab and taught in the Art, Culture Technology program at MIT. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the New School in New York City, and a research affiliate with the Center for Civic Media. Nitin starts by showing […]
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Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal these words appear: “My […]
Fresh from a new research project with Internews on information ecosystems in media-dark conflict areas in Pakistan, Reboot has joined us to share and discuss their latest research project in Pakistan, as they start to compile and interpret their results. Panthea Lee and Kate Krontiris of Reboot, a consultancy which […]
I had the chance to join a Bay Area Doula Project (BADP) salon event the other week. They were gathering at Rock Health (http://rockhealth.com/) in SF, an incubator for health-IT projects and the new host space for the salon series that previously met at Million Fishes. I’ve been paying attention […]
My final project for Intro to Civic Media is about storytelling in the capitalist marketplace. I am focusing on the production and reception of stories of origin printed on commercial product packages: brief narratives produced by copy writers and packaging designers working toward an institutional goal to sell products. These […]