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Dreaming of waves

Stefan Helmreich’s new book examines the many facets of oceanic wave science and the propagation of wave theory into other areas of life.

Students and faculty from MIT and NUM on their first meeting with GerHub, a mission-driven organization that seeks to find innovative and creative solutions to the most pressing issues in the ger areas of Mongolia. Credits: Photo: Jiyoo Jye

Powering the future in Mongolia

Through coursework, intercollegiate collaboration, and a site visit, MIT students fuse engineering and anthropology to propose innovative energy solutions.

Students explore a historical cardiac arrhythmia detector from the MIT Museum Collections, as they prepare to speak with the device’s developers.

Exploring the Unexpected Social Questions Behind Everyday Medical Devices

An anthropology course encourages students to envision more equitable device design

Students gather in a Mongolian ger around a coal-burning stove in the residential settlements known as the ger districts

Powering the Future

Students Fuse Engineering and Anthropology to Propose Innovative Energy Solutions in Mongolia

6 Indigenous partner panelists shown, text referring to person speaking: "Jay Julius W'tot Lhem Lummi Nation, Washington State President, Se' Si' Le Former Chairman, Lummi Nation"

Living Climate Futures 2022 MIT Anthro DV Lab Videos

DV Lab Student Videographer Documentation of Living Climate Futures Symposium 2022 Events

Prof. Graham Jones with student looking at a student project that is a green light glowing spectrally behind a translucent fabric

Graham Jones "Paranormal Machines" class featured in Arts at MIT Video "MIT CAST: Cross-Disciplinary Classes"

Image of a globe at the center with connecting points to circular images of: city street lined with trees, highway interchange, ocean waves on a beach, a placid lakefront with mountains in background, a futuristic struture over a grassy field, a solar farm, treetops with leaves changing color from green to orange and red, a wind farm with 3 wind power generators

Manduhai Buyandelger among inaugural MCSC Seed Award Recipients

MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium announces recipients of inaugural MCSC Seed Awards

2022 GAD New Directions Awards: Christine J. Walley wins Honorable Mention

Southeast Chicago Archive and Storytelling Project (SECASP) Director, MIT Anthro Prof. Christine J. Walley

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Living Climate Futures Event Shows a Holistic Way Forward in Climate Fight

Logo: an oval with 4 human figures in blue holding up one human figure who is holding up a plant sprouting 3 leaves, almost as a crown

"Culture is a meaning-making practice" - Heather Paxson in "Said and Done"

Doing Anthropology: Thoughts On Fieldwork From Three Research Sites