Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Fascinated that Walmart is now carrying my "Naked Harbin Ethnography" book, A course reading my Harbin book with Tom Boellstorff's "Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human" (Princeton 2008), Am teaching the first matriculated-class course for World Univ and Sch this autumn as well - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/InfoTechNetworkSocGlobalUniv.html - Am applying too for a MIT Media Lab faculty position and in part with planning to create a realistic virtual earth / Harbin - tinyurl.com/p62rpcg - as ethnographic field site, for STEM research (at the cellular and atomic levels), and as a classroom for World University and School's ~200 emergent CC MIT OCW universities in these countries' official/main languages, Harbin Hot Springs’ Actual/Virtual Ethnography: http://bit.ly/HarbinBook ~ https://twitter.com/HarbinBook ~ Tenure-track faculty search: General - MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Program in Media Arts and Sciences/Media Lab

Hi Henry,

Thanks, you too! How was your Thanksgiving? And how are you?

I'm fascinated that Walmart is now carrying my "Naked Harbin Ethnography" book - https://www.walmart.com/ip/Naked-Harbin-Ethnography-Hippies-Warm-Pools-Counterculture-Clothing-Optionality-and-Virtual-Harbin/672874383 - and not sure how this happened.

Would like too to teach a course reading my Harbin book with Tom Boellstorff's "Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human" (Princeton U.P. 2008).

Bipedalism: "Naked Harbin Ethnography" Chapter Titles, Summaries and Table of Contents, for MacLeod’s "N.H.E.: Hippies, Warm Pools, Counterculture, Clothing-Optionality & Virtual Harbin," Boellstorff’s Coming of Age in Second Life, Chapter summary comparisons

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2017/06/bipedalism-naked-harbin-ethnography.html

(And am teaching the first matriculated-class course for World Univ and Sch this autumn as well - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/InfoTechNetworkSocGlobalUniv.html - I'm glad to say).

Am applying too for a MIT Media Lab faculty position by December 1st (see below), and in part with planning to create a realistic virtual earth / Harbin - Visit the Harbin Gate here ... tinyurl.com/p62rpcg - as ethnographic field site, for STEM research (at the cellular and atomic levels), and as a classroom for World University and School's ~200 emergent CC MIT OCW universities in these countries' official/main languages -
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States - which is WUaS's new wiki (with Wikidata as a backend in its 358 languages). (And as you may know, World Univ and Sch forked and created a new startup WUaS Corporation as well this year).

Sincerely,
Scott

Harbin Hot Springs’ Actual/Virtual Ethnography:
http://bit.ly/HarbinBook
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook

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Tenure-track faculty search: General

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Program in Media Arts and Sciences/Media Lab
Cambridge, MA

The MIT Media Lab seeks a new kind of early career faculty member, not defined by discipline, rather by his or her unique and iconoclastic experience, style and points of view. You can be a designer, inventor, scientist, scholar or other – any combination – as long as you make things that matter. Impact is key.

This means somebody with at least these three sets of characteristics:

• Being deeply versed in a minimum of two fields, preferably not ones normally juxtaposed; 
• Being an orthogonal and counter-intuitive thinker, even a misfit within normal structures; 
• Having an adventurous personality, boundless optimism, and desire to change the world.

Any disciplines apply as long as their confluence shows promise of solving big, hard, and long-term problems. And, most importantly, candidates must explain why their work really can only be done at the Media Lab. We prefer candidates not be similar to our existing faculty. We welcome applicants who have never considered academic careers.

Successful candidates will:  establish and lead their own research group within the Media Lab; engage in collaborative projects with industrial sponsors and other Media Lab research groups; actively contribute to shaping the open and creative culture that defines our community; supervise masters and doctoral students; and participate in the Media Arts and Sciences academic program.
Appointments will be within the Media Arts and Sciences academic program, principally at the Assistant Professor level.  A doctorate is not necessary, but evidence of extreme creativity is.
To apply, please fill out the application.  Applicants will be asked to upload their CV; link to a personal website; links for three publications; and the names (and contact information) of three references.  A personal statement of no more than two pages should include the applicant’s plans for exploring big ideas and challenging questions, and discuss what the applicant will bring to the Media Lab and how the Lab will enable you to accomplish your goals.

Application deadline: December 1, 2017

MIT and the Media Lab have a strong commitment to diversity in education, we especially encourage minorities and women to apply. MIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. EOE.

Questions? Contact faculty-search@media.mit.edu

https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/tenure-track-faculty-search-general/

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