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August 23, 2013
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Berkman Center Fall 2013 Open House

Monday, September 9, starting at 4pm ET, Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West Rooms, 2nd Floor.

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Come to the Berkman Center for Internet & Society’s Fall 2013 Open House to meet our faculty, fellows, and staff, and to learn about the many ways you can get involved in our dynamic, exciting environment.

Talk and Tinker Session from 4-6p.m.: Select Berkman projects will be present with information about their projects' current activities. Staff working with each of these projects are eager to share information about the big research questions they are considering, meet potential future collaborators, and solicit ideas. In addition to the project tabling, there will be space and opportunity to connect with other Berkman community members and open house participants. You may come for any portion or time of this session.

Plenary Session at 6p.m.: Berkman Center Directors and staff will present information about exciting upcoming efforts.

Reception from 7p.m. on: Keep the conversations going with the help of light snacks and drinks!

Get a peek into the research, ideas, and opportunities we will explore over on the Open House wiki.

As a University-wide research center at Harvard, our interdisciplinary efforts in the exploration of cyberspace address a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. If you're interested in the Internet’s impact on society and are looking to engage a community of world-class fellows and faculty through events, conversations, research, and more please join us to hear more about our upcoming academic year.

People from all disciplines, universities, and backgrounds are encouraged to attend the Open House. We look forward to seeing you there! Please RSVP. more information on our website>

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DPLAFest

Thursday-Friday, October 24-25, Boston Public Library.

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On October 24-25, 2013 the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) will bring together librarians, archivists, and museum professionals, developers and technologists, publishers and authors, teachers and students, and many others to Boston, MA to celebrate the DPLA’s successful April 2013 launch, its recent milestones, and its future at the first annual DPLAfest.

DPLAfest 2013 — a two-day series of events free and open to the public — will include a reception at the Boston Public Library on the evening of Thursday, October 24 (the reception had been originally planned for April 18, 2013, but was postponed in light of the tragic Boston Marathon bombings on April 15). On Friday, October 25, participants will gather at Northeastern University and the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) for a full day of workshops, discussions, and other hands-on activities. more information on our website>

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Ethan Zuckerman on REWIRE: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection

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We live in an age of connection, one that is accelerated by the Internet. This increasingly ubiquitous, immensely powerful technology often leads us to assume that as the number of people online grows, it inevitably leads to a smaller, more cosmopolitan world. We’ll understand more, we think. We’ll know more. We’ll engage more and share more with people from other cultures. In reality, it is easier to ship bottles of water from Fiji to Atlanta than it is to get news from Tokyo to New York. Ethan Zuckerman -- Director of MIT's Center for Civic Media and cofounder of the citizen media community of Global Voices -- discusses his new book "REWIRE: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection," which explains why the technological ability to communicate with someone does not inevitably lead to increased human connection. Featured respondents include Judith Donath, Ann Marie Lipinski, and David Weinberger. video/audio on our website>

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