Media Studies

2022 Nov 18

Science New Wave Film Festival

12:00pm to 6:45pm

Location: 

Science Center Hall E

Science New Wave Festival PosterThe Department of the History of Science at Harvard University and
Imagine Science Films/Labocine invite you to join us for the third edition of the Science New Wave series.

Each of the experimental, documentary, and animated short films will be followed by a presentation of scholarly work in conversation with the film, and Q&A with the filmmaker(s).

This exciting afternoon/evening experiment in science and film that will take place in-person.

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2017 May 03

SIZE MATTERS: Knowledge, Storage, and the History of Compression

11:25am

Location: 

Barker Center, Room 133

Does compression have a history?

Alongside a cognitive challenge of “too much to know,” information overload poses a physical challenge of “too much to store.” Indeed, the possibilities of “big data” today are predicated on technologies that compress data into ever “smaller” sizes. On the one hand, major libraries such as the NYPL, coping with spatial shortage, have increasingly emphasized the provision of digital resources – shifting physical collections off site, and in the process sparking heated debates with researchers. On the other hand, the possibilities of digital...

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