Spring 2024 Schedule

DateSpeakerTalk TitleModality
Jan. 19[no talk; introduction to course for enrolled students]
Jan. 26Anna Gibson
(MIT)
“Entrepreneurial Moderation: Managing Speech in the Age of Influence”in-person
Feb. 2Ariel Ludwig
(Brandeis)
“Carceral & Abolitionist STS: Technology Behind Bars”in-person audience; virtual speaker
Feb. 9Andrew Lea
(Brigham and Women’s Hospital)
“Digitizing Diagnosis: Medicine, Minds, and Machines in Twentieth Century America”in-person
Feb. 16Jamee Elder
(Tufts)
“What is a ‘direct’ image of a shadow?: A history and epistemology of ‘directness’ in black hole imaging”in-person
Feb. 23[no Lunch Seminar]
Mar. 1Elena Denia
(Tufts)
“Bad Science: When the Ideal of Science Breaks Down”in-person
Mar. 8Kaylla Cantilina
(Tufts)
“Exploring narrative inquiry amidst a positivist paradigm”in-person
Mar. 15 & Mar. 22[no Lunch Seminar either day; Spring Break and the Friday beforehand]
Mar. 29Crystal Lee
(MIT)
“Searching for ‘alt-tech’ platforms and the parallel economy”in-person
Apr. 5Adam “Kaz” Kaszynski
(IUE-CWA Local 201)
in-person
Apr. 12Margaret Gatonye
(UMass Boston)
“Turbines and Nets: The Intersection of Offshore Wind, Fisheries, and Communities”in-person
Apr. 19Dave Miller
(Tufts)
“The least of the problems with automated driving is the driving part”in-person
Apr. 26[no Lunch Seminar; final Friday of SP24 semester]