Books and Bites: Exploring Technovernacular Creativity

exhibition
exhibition
Mar 11
5:00–7:00pm
Venue:
Rotch Library, Rogers Building 7-238
Rotch Library, Rogers Building 7-238

Join MIT Libraries for a closer look at selections from its distinctive collections highlighting marginalized communities' contributions to art, science, and technology.

Books and Bites: Exploring Technovernacular Creativity

exhibition
exhibition
Mar 11
5:00–7:00pm
Venue:
Rotch Library, Rogers Building 7-238
Rotch Library, Rogers Building 7-238

Join MIT Libraries for a closer look at selections from its distinctive collections highlighting marginalized communities' contributions to art, science, and technology.

Books and Bites: Exploring Technovernacular Creativity

exhibition
exhibition
Mar 11
5:00–7:00pm
Venue:
Rotch Library, Rogers Building 7-238
Rotch Library, Rogers Building 7-238

Join MIT Libraries for a closer look at selections from its distinctive collections highlighting marginalized communities' contributions to art, science, and technology.

Books and Bites: Exploring Technovernacular Creativity

exhibition
exhibition
Mar 11
5:00–7:00pm
Venue:
Rotch Library, Rogers Building 7-238
Rotch Library, Rogers Building 7-238

Join MIT Libraries for a closer look at selections from its distinctive collections highlighting marginalized communities' contributions to art, science, and technology.

Books and Bites: Exploring Technovernacular Creativity

exhibition
exhibition
Mar 11
5:00–7:00pm
Venue:
Rotch Library, Rogers Building 7-238
Rotch Library, Rogers Building 7-238

Join MIT Libraries for a closer look at selections from its distinctive collections highlighting marginalized communities' contributions to art, science, and technology.

Books and Bites: Exploring Technovernacular Creativity

exhibition
exhibition
Mar 11
5:00–7:00pm
Venue:
Rotch Library, Rogers Building 7-238
Rotch Library, Rogers Building 7-238

Join MIT Libraries for a closer look at selections from its distinctive collections highlighting marginalized communities' contributions to art, science, and technology.

Books and Bites: Exploring Technovernacular Creativity

exhibition
exhibition
Mar 11
5:00–7:00pm
Venue:
Rotch Library, Rogers Building 7-238
Rotch Library, Rogers Building 7-238

Join MIT Libraries for a closer look at selections from its distinctive collections highlighting marginalized communities' contributions to art, science, and technology.

Come celebrate the intersection of arts, science, and technology through the lens of marginalized communities represented in MIT Libraries' distinctive collections. Attendees will be introduced to Dr. Nettrice Gaskin's concept of technovernacular creativity, which "connects technical literacy, equity, and culture, encompassing creative innovations produced by ethnic groups that are often overlooked."

The Books and Bites event will engage attendees in the various rare materials from the Distinctive Collections (DDC) at MIT Libraries. A curated selection of materials, including artists’ books, zines, and art, alongside treasures from the Aga Khan Documentation Center, will showcase underrepresented groups and their contributions to the fields of art, science, and technology.

MIT Libraries Selectors:

Kai Alexis Smith, Architecture & Planning Librarian, kaias@mit.edu

Matt Saba, Program Head at AKDC, mdsaba@mit.edu

Rebecca Bramlett, Instruction & Outreach Archivist, Distinctive Collections, bramlett@mit.edu

Rami Alafandi, Collections Curator at AKDC, alafandi@mit.edu

Amanda Hawk, Public Services Manager, Distinctive Collections, ahawk@mit.edu

MIT Libraries

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Rotch Library

Rogers Building

7-238

77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

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