The plenary meeting will bring together a wide range of stakeholders in a broad, open forum to present the history of and vision for the DPLA effort, to showcase the best ideas…
Yochai Benkler, Berkman Center Faculty Co-Director
In his new book, Yochai Benkler uses evidence from neuroscience, economics, sociology, biology, and real-world examples to break down the myth of self-interest and replace it with…
Benjamin Mako Hill will present some preliminary findings from a qualitative, inductive, case-study based analysis of 8 early projects to create online collaborative encyclopedias.
Intisar Rabb, Berkman Center Fellow / Boston College Law School & Umbreen Bhatti, islawmix Co-Founder
Islamic law (“sharīʿa”) now seems to matter for issues of American law and policy. But what sources do we have for finding out just what Islamic law is? As the latest Berkman…
Using empirical findings from a large protestor survey from Tahrir, Cairo (from Feb. 2011; n=1050), Zeynep Tufekci discusses how the new media ecology impacts dynamics of…
A Pre-Conference of the Online News Association's 2011 Conference
The Online News Association, Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy present Law School for Digital Journalists, part of the…
Cathy Davidson, Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of English and John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Duke University and co-founder of HASTAC
Cathy Davidson will discuss her new book "Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn."
What if we consider that sharing a digitally published work in one's possession with other individuals is a fundamental right? Philippe Aigrain will discuss.
In 1961, Newt Minow – then Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission – delivered a landmark speech to the National Association of Broadcasters on “Television and the…
Come to the Berkman Center for Internet & Society’s Open House to meet our faculty, fellows, and staff, and to learn about the many ways you can get involved in our dynamic,…
Sascha Meinrath of the New America Foundation will talk at the Berkman Center luncheon series about the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative.
Derek Bambauer of Brooklyn Law School & Oliver Day
A hacker who finds a weakness in software or a cloud computing service can sell it and get rich, or report it and get sued. How can we change the law to protect researchers and…
Michele Martinez Campbell, Assistant Professor of Law at Vermont Law School
Should use of the Internet to lure the victim be enough to federalize what would otherwise be a state kidnapping crime? Michele Martinez Campbell will examine a uniquely 21st…
in an era of global interconnectedness and shrinking news budgets
The Berkman Center will host a conversation about the challenges of reporting international stories to US and Global audiences. In an age of shrinking news budgets, American…
Latanya Sweeney, Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science, Technology and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University
Societal demands to share large-scale collections of detailed personal information are driving new directions for privacy. These rethinks are happening within legacy environments …
Are we be ruled by robots? The mob? Technocrats? Yes, yes, and yes. The question is not if, but how -- and how we should prevent any one of the three from taking over.
Kate Hennessy, Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University, School of Interactive Arts and Technology
Kate Hennessy of Simon Fraser University will present on global heritage policies and institutional practices interface with Aboriginal paradigms of access, ownership and control…
Hyper-Public: A Symposium on Designing Privacy and Public Space, hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, will bring together computer scientists…
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