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Thu, 04/25/2024

"Eden Medina on the role of science and technology in Chile’s political history," Crossing Fronteras with co-hosts John Galante and Joe Aguilar. 

Eden Medina (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), an historian of science and technology, addresses relationships between technology and...

Thu, 04/11/2024

"How to Design a Revolution: An Interdisciplinary Project in History, Design, and Architecture," PhD Talk Series, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 4:30pm, Gropius Room.

Tue, 04/02/2024

The Knight Science Journalism program at MIT is excited to welcome Dr. Eden Medina for a seminar on the history of revolution, technology, and design in Chile in the 1970s.

April 2 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Mon, 03/11/2024

MIT Morningside Academy for Design host the launch of How to Design a Revolution, by Hugo Palmarola, Eden Medina, and Pedro Ignacio Alonso (Lars Müller Publishers, 2024). Authors will participate in a conversation moderated by Arindam Dutta, professor in the Department of Architecture....

Fri, 03/08/2024

Columbia University’s Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) and the University Seminar on Latin America (USLA) invite you to the book launch of How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design (2024). Edited by Hugo Palmarola, Eden Medina, and Pedro Ignacio Alonso. Lars...

Thu, 03/07/2024

TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN, AND MEMORY IN CHILE: THE HISTORY OF PROJECT CYBERSYN, Faculty House, Columbia University 7:00 PM

In this talk, Eden Medina, Hugo Palmarola, and Pedro Ignacio Alonso will discuss the recent exhibition they curated, How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design...

Thu, 09/07/2023

HOW TO DESIGN A REVOLUTION: THE CHILEAN ROAD TO DESIGN

Within the framework of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the civil-military coup in Chile, La Moneda Cultural Center, the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (...

Wed, 06/07/2023

Panelist, GPT and Admissions, Ivy+ Admissions Conference, Harvard University.

Wed, 04/26/2023

Speakers: Vivette García Deister, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Eden Medina, Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moderated by: Gabriela Soto Laveaga, Professor of the History...

Tue, 04/18/2023

Panel: Ethics and Computing Education

Students at MIT will be developing computing technologies that will transform society in radical ways. We want them to proceed thoughtfully, intentionally and with proper sensitivity to risk. Can we teach these things? If so, how? Our panelists have...