Author to speak at MIT Bookstore on disability and technology
authors@mit presents:
MERYL ALPER
GIVING VOICE
Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality
Tuesday, February 28th, 2017, 6:00 pm
The MIT Press Bookstore, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=N50
The MIT Press Bookstore presents Meryl Alper, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University and author of "Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality" (MIT Press), in conversation with Jennifer S. Light, Department Head and Professor of Science, Technology and Society at MIT, at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, February 28 at the MIT Press Bookstore.
Mobile technologies are often hailed as a way to "give voice to the voiceless." Behind the praise, though, are beliefs about technology as a gateway to opportunity and voice as a metaphor for agency and self-representation. In "Giving Voice," Meryl Alper explores these assumptions by looking closely at one such case--the use of the Apple iPad and mobile app Proloquo2Go, which converts icons and text into synthetic speech, by children with disabilities (including autism and cerebral palsy) and their families.
This event includes a book signing. Books will be on sale at the event for 20% off, or you can purchase an event ticket that includes a discounted book.
Web site: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meryl-alper-author-talk-tickets-31612774660
This event is open to the public, free, and wheelchair accessible. For more information call (617) 253-5249, email authors@mit.edu, or visit http://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/
Please forward this message to anyone who might be interested!
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Other Upcoming Events:
Luis Perez-Breva, Innovating
Tuesday, March 14 @ 5:30 pm, The MIT Press Bookstore
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/luis-perez-breva-author-talk-tickets-31724049486
Peter Temin, The Vanishing Middle Class
Tuesday, March 28 @ 5:30 pm, The MIT Press Bookstore
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/peter-temin-author-talk-tickets-31640275917
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MERYL ALPER
GIVING VOICE
Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality
Tuesday, February 28th, 2017, 6:00 pm
The MIT Press Bookstore, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=N50
The MIT Press Bookstore presents Meryl Alper, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University and author of "Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality" (MIT Press), in conversation with Jennifer S. Light, Department Head and Professor of Science, Technology and Society at MIT, at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, February 28 at the MIT Press Bookstore.
Mobile technologies are often hailed as a way to "give voice to the voiceless." Behind the praise, though, are beliefs about technology as a gateway to opportunity and voice as a metaphor for agency and self-representation. In "Giving Voice," Meryl Alper explores these assumptions by looking closely at one such case--the use of the Apple iPad and mobile app Proloquo2Go, which converts icons and text into synthetic speech, by children with disabilities (including autism and cerebral palsy) and their families.
This event includes a book signing. Books will be on sale at the event for 20% off, or you can purchase an event ticket that includes a discounted book.
Web site: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meryl-alper-author-talk-tickets-31612774660
This event is open to the public, free, and wheelchair accessible. For more information call (617) 253-5249, email authors@mit.edu, or visit http://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/
Please forward this message to anyone who might be interested!
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Other Upcoming Events:
Luis Perez-Breva, Innovating
Tuesday, March 14 @ 5:30 pm, The MIT Press Bookstore
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/luis-perez-breva-author-talk-tickets-31724049486
Peter Temin, The Vanishing Middle Class
Tuesday, March 28 @ 5:30 pm, The MIT Press Bookstore
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/peter-temin-author-talk-tickets-31640275917
This entry was originally posted at http://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/262004.html. Please comment there using OpenID.