tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185349120 2008-02-11 15:58:38 -0500 Doc Edgerton Films Institute Professor, Harold "Doc" Edgerton revolutionized photography with his high speed strobe lighting techniques. He came to MIT as a student in 1926. By the time of his passing in 1990 he had profoundly affected MIT and the world with his contributions to photography and underwater exploration. This talk, given by Prof. J.Kim Vandiver will show many of his photographs and tell stories of his contributions to high speed photography, night reconnaisance photography in WWII, and marine archeology. His legacy and contributions to MIT are celebrated in the Edgerton Center of today. Come enjoy the photography and learn about the new Edgerton Archive project. 2638 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185326840 2008-03-05 16:49:31 -0500 MIT Video Productions <p><em>Thoughts on Fieldwork From Three Research Sites</em></p><p>Cultural Anthropology is a social science that explores how people understand - and act in - the world. But what, exactly, is it that Cultural Anthropologists do? How do they approach their research? In this short film, three members of MIT's <a href="http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/">Anthropology Department</a>, <a href="http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/faculty_staff/helmreich/index.html">Stefan Helmreich</a>, <a href="http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/faculty_staff/james/index.html">Erica James</a>, and <a href="http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/faculty_staff/paxson/index.html">Heather Paxson</a>, talk about their current work and the process of doing fieldwork.<br /></p> 495