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Bringing museum filmmaking into the classroom
Claire Elliot watches her film.

Claire Elliot watches the short film she made on existential dread for Sosena Solomon’s Documentary Ethnography for Museums and Exhibitions class.

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Bringing museum filmmaking into the classroom

Filmmaker Sosena Solomon, who has been filming in Africa for a major Metropolitan Museum of Art redesign, taught Documentary Ethnography for Museums and Exhibitions to graduate students this fall.
Coastline in crisis: Six experts give us their climate manifesto for Mumbai
Hindustan Times (Delhi)

Coastline in crisis: Six experts give us their climate manifesto for Mumbai

Nikhil Anand of the School of Arts & Sciences identifies three key areas of focus to reduce the vulnerability of Mumbai’s residents facing the brunt of water infrastructure issues, particularly those living in slums.

Conflicts and cultural evolution: All for one and one for all?
A crowd of people viewed from above.

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Conflicts and cultural evolution: All for one and one for all?

Researchers from the School of Arts & Sciences show that, when it comes to learning and honing different skills, what’s better for the individual isn’t always better for the group.

Liana F. Wait

Maybe you should just join a commune
Wired

Maybe you should just join a commune

Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the benefits of communal living and the restructuring of the traditional nuclear family.

The case for reimagining the nuclear family
Vox.com

The case for reimagining the nuclear family

In a Q&A, Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses her recent book “Everyday Utopia,” which makes a pragmatic case for utopian thinking while critiquing our present society.