Events Archive | The Changing Faces of America
The Museum annually hosts dozens of special events featuring everything from astronauts to artists, robots to raptors. See who has joined us over the years for these special offerings; many listings include audio, video, and reference materials.
- Blindspot: The Hidden Biases of Good People (Lecture)
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The human mind has evolved over millennia and works in ways that we cannot easily see. Is it possible to be biased and not know it? Is it possible to act in the very ways that would offend our conscious values? Mahzarin Banaji, co-developer of the Implicit Association Test, studies how unconscious mental ... (details).
With: Mahzarin R. Banaji, PhD, Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard University and co-founder of Project Implicit.
This presentation is part of the ongoing series The Changing Faces of America.
March 30, 2011
- Remixing Race Through Film (Lecture)
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Llewellyn Smith and Christine Herbes-Sommers challenge us to reconsider what we know about the world. As filmmakers and producers, they aim to raise our consciousness through provocative examination of social justice issues. Smith and Herbes-Sommers show clips from their notable PBS series, such as Race: ... (details).
With: Llewellyn Smith, president, and Christine Herbes-Sommers, vice president, Vital Pictures; in conversation with Alan Goodman, PhD, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty, Hampshire College; exhibit co-coordinator, RACE: Are We So Different?.
This presentation is part of the ongoing series The Changing Faces of America.
February 16, 2011
