Interesting related talk (the OLPC's use meshing). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Morgan G. Ames &lt;morganya(a)stanford.edu&gt; Date: Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 8:54 PM Subject: [liberationtech] Dissertation defense talk on One Laptop Per Child Monday, May 6, 12pm To: comm-grads(a)lists.stanford.edu, liberationtech(a)lists.stanford.edu Cc: Joanna Sturiano &lt;sturiano(a)stanford.edu&gt;du>, Mark Gardiner < mark.gardiner(a)gmail.com&gt;gt;, Megan Dean &lt;megan.dean(a)stanford.edu&gt;du>, Amanda Cannata &lt;amanda.cannata(a)gmail.com&gt;om>, Katja Zelljadt &lt;zelljadt(a)stanford.edu&gt;du>, Brian Johnsrud &lt;johnsrud(a)stanford.edu&gt;du>, Damien Droney < droney.damien(a)gmail.com&gt; I am thrilled to announce that I will be defending my dissertation, *From MIT to Paraguay: A Critical Historical and Ethnographic Analysis of One Laptop Per Child, *at noon on May 6, 2013. The first portion of my defense is a public talk and all are welcome to attend (and there will be food!). Details are below. Please add yourself to the Facebook invite at https://www.facebook.com/events/440879955993620/ or the Google+ invite at https://plus.google.com/events/can6q664pea0ta5epvdhc7mqqes so I know how much food to order and chairs to put out. - *What*: Morgan's dissertation defense - *When*: Monday, May 6, 2013, 12pm-1pm (public talk/questions) - *Where*: Mendenhall Library, 101a McClatchy Hall (building 120 in the main quad), Stanford, CA. - *Who*: me! <http://morganya.org/> Also my advisor Fred<http://fredturner.stanford.edu/>u/>; my committee Cliff <http://www.stanford.edu/~nass/>, Jeremy<http://comm.stanford.edu/faculty-bailenson/> , Tanya<https://www.stanford.edu/dept/anthropology/cgi-bin/web/?q=node/105… and John <https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/willinsk>; and my outside chair Scott <http://hci.stanford.edu/srk/>. And hopefully you! - *Why*: because I'm FINALLY FINISHING yo. And I'll be serving up some yummy lunch stuff if you come to listen to my talk. In addition to (or instead of) watching my defense, join me later that afternoon, at 4pm, at Martins West Gastropub (http://www.martinswestgp.com) at 831 Main Street in Redwood City for drinks in either celebration or condolences. Note that Martins West has free corkage for Monday happy hour! Again, please add yourself to the Facebook invite at https://www.facebook.com/events/530231990360654/ or the Google+ invite at https://plus.google.com/events/cu8i2222i2f22nhihk8r32ulslo so I have an approximate headcount. Maps, directions, and more information at http://research.morganya.org/defense.html Cheers, Morgan -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Morgan G. Ames http://morganya.org -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at companys(a)stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech