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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

 

David Autor

David Autor

Wall Street in context

Iran protest crowd image

ID Fair

Students

Cairo Demonstration

Teach In

Windmills

Thimi Woman

A short video about TAC

In the News

Read a recent article by Professor Sherry Turkle in the New York Times. To watch a T&C program, A Conversation with Sherry Turkle, featuring Professor Turkle, click here. This program was co-sponsored with the MIT Communications Forum.

Fall Semester 2012

Film Screening: Countdown to Zero

Date/Time/Location: TBD

The 11th Annual International Development Fair

Date TBD
1:00-3:00pm

Recent Programs of Interest

Minding the Gap

A Conversation about Economic Inequality
Tuesday, March 13
Read about the program on MIT's home page
Click here to watch a video of this program

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

February 14
Click here to listen to this program

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