Note: No formal calendar was created for STS.092, which met weekly for two hours in a seminar/discussion format as described in the
syllabus document.
STS.069 Technology in a Dangerous World
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| | | | | | | | 1 | | | | Introduction to Class | | | | Gras, Alain. "Big is Beautiful." The Role of MIT in a Dangerous World. (Continued). Castells, Manuel. "Prologue." In The Network Society. Castells, Manuel. "The Rise of the Fourth World." In The Network Society. | | | | Reading Assignments. Risk, Safety, and Accidents. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | Reading Assignments
Questions to be discussed | | | | Videotape of MIT Teach-in. | | | | Homework due: Two Assignments. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | CBS Documentary on World Trade Center Attack of 9/11/01 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | Discussion of Documentary | | | | Questions on Reading: “Missile Accuracy” MacKenzie. Questions on Reading: "MIT as System-Builder: Sage." Hughes. (One Day After Class #4). | | | | Homework #1 due. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | The Role of MIT in a Dangerous World | | | | General Information. | | | | Homework #2 due. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | | Guest: Claude Canizares | | | | | | | | Homework #3 due. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | | | | Technological Disasters
Guest: Wade Roush, HSSST Alumnus, Now with Technology Review. | | | | Roush, Wade. "Catastrophe and Control." Perrow, Charles. "Normal Accidents." Galison, Peter. "An Accident of History." | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | | | | Risk, Safety, and Accidents | | | | | | | | Project proposal for single-authored report due. (Homework #4) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | | | | Guest: Jamie Lewis Keith | | | | Speech by President Charles M. Vest, MIT. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | | | | Risk, Safety, and Accidents (Continued) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | | | | Environmental Risks | | | | | | | | Assignment: Environmental Risks. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | | | | Tour of the MIT Museum | | | | Current Events. | | | | Homework #5. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | | | | Discussion of MIT Museum Tour Discussion of Castells Reading | | | | | | | | Homework #5 due. Turn in first draft of single-authored report. (Homework #4). | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | | | | Further Discussion of Castells Handouts will be provided in Class #13 | | | | Castells. "The Global Criminal Economy." | | | | Root Causes. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | | | | "Artificial Hearts," by Shelley McKellar Guest: Thomas P. Hughes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | | | | National Security Guest: Ted Postol | | | | Technology and Identity. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | | | | Technology and Identity | | | | | | | | Technological Imagination. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | | | | Technological Imagination | | | | | | | | Technology and Identity. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | | | | Trust in a Dangerous World | | | | | | | | Long Paper due. (Refer Homework #3) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | | | | Root Causes
Guest: David Marks | | | | Castells. "The Global Criminal Economy."
David Mark's Slide Presentation. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | | | | Final Review (PDF) | | | | | | | | Single-authored report due. Trust in a Dangerous World. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | | | | Recommendations for MIT | | | | Williams, Rosalind. Retooling: A Historian Confronts Technological Change. Chap. 1. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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