Dr. Michael Fischer

Professor

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Biography

Michael Fischer is a distinguished professor with extensive training in geography and philosophy from Johns Hopkins University and social anthropology from the London School of Economics. He also studied anthropology at the University of Chicago. Before joining the MIT faculty, he served as the Director of the Center for Cultural Studies at Rice University. His research primarily focuses on anthropological methods in the contemporary world, emphasizing the interface between science and technology. He has co-edited a book series titled Experimental Futures: Technological Lives, Scientific Arts, and Anthropological Voices. Fischer engages deeply with the anthropology of biomedical sciences and technologies, particularly working with institutions like the Genome Institute of Singapore and the Human Genome Organization to explore the social and ethical issues surrounding genomics in the Asia-Pacific region. Additionally, his interests extend to media circuits, with a specific focus on the Middle East and South and Southeast Asia.

Research Interests

Courses

6.805 / STS.805 Ethics Law Electronic Frontier STS.S91 Advanced Topics Social Theory: Biopolitics, Bioeconomics, Biopolises Twenty-First Century HST.934J / STS.449J Introduction Global Medicine STS.900 Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities