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Event Topic : Environment

“Seed Stories” Film Screening and Discussion

WHEN
Mon, Mar 31, 2025 from 05:30pm — 07:00pm, ET

COST   Free

VENUE
Cambridge - CGIS South, Belfer S020

ORGANIZER

Join us for a film screening and discussion with Chitrangada Choudhury, Director and Cinematographer, and Aniket Aga, Associate Director, moderated by Gabriela Soto Laveaga, Professor of the History of Science and Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico, Harvard University.

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“Unmapping the Thar: The Desert Reimagined” – with Mittal Institute Bajaj Fellow Nilanjana Mukherjee

WHEN
Fri, Nov 22, 2024 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

VENUE
Cambridge – CGIS South, Room S153

ORGANIZER

Nilanjana Mukherjee Seminar

Join us for a presentation on the Thar Desert in North-Western India by Nilanjana Mukherjee, Mittal Institute Bajaj Fellow Fall 2024, moderated by Robin Kelsey, Shirley Carter Burden Professor of Photography in the Department of History of Arts and Architecture.

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How hot is it really? Quantifying the Impact of Heat on the Lives and Livelihoods of Workers

WHEN
Thu, Oct 17, 2024 from 01:00pm — 02:00pm, ET

VENUE
Boston – Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 651 Huntington Ave (Level 7)

How hot is it really? FBX Event on Oct 17

In collaboration with hundreds of workers from the Self Employed Women’s Association, an interdisciplinary team at the Salata South Asia Climate Adaptation Cluster is following hundreds of workers across indoor and outdoor occupations using microsensors, biosensors, and biomarkers. The team is working on quantifying the impact of heat and humidity in the microenvironment that the poor work and live in on their health, well-being, and wages.

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