Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

purpose of screening filmsrelated to science, technology and ethics. These were well attended, with students providing baglunches, and accomplished an important pedagogical goal of building community, as well assupporting interdisciplinary exploration through the medium of film. Films were chosen by thegroup based on faculty recommendations that supported course themes, and timed to supportclass discussion as much as possible. These included Soylent Green60, a 1970s science fictioncult classic that depicts the effects of climate change (as well as gender and class oppression) inNew York City in 2022; particularly on point is the engineering of food and the alienation ofpeople from their food sources, echoing readings on fast food production. The