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Performance Studies International 19

The Revs Program at Stanford announces its sponsorship of the 19th annual Performance Studies International Conference, held at Stanford from June 26-30. Automotive topics and modules include a performance by Simon Sadler and Bruce Tomb, including the display of his legendary vehicle Maria Del Camino.

Simon Sadler, Professor of Architectural and Urban History in the Art History Program at University of California Davis, will chair the...
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Telling Car Stories

What is it about cars that make people talk so passionately? In ME 236 (Tales to Design Cars By) class this quarter, we are finding people relate to cars in ways unlike any other object. As a result they tell car stories differently than any other story.

We’re finding a number of elements contribute to this. Chief among them: a car provides a confined space that encourages but never forces interaction. Because the vehicle takes its occupant on...
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Do Automobiles Have Politics?

The gateway question to the Science and Technology Studies (STS) program at Stanford is deceptively simple: “do artifacts have politics?” An affirmative answer leads to four wonderful years at Stanford studying the myriad ways in which artifacts do, indeed, have politics – and the insights gained by considering technologies as social actors.

The car and its paradoxes offer a wonderful place to begin to explore these questions. At once an icon...
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Revs d.school Class Visits Saturday Night Racing at Petaluma Speedway

ME 235, our Revs / d.school class about superfans and their heroes, took a trip to Petaluma Speedway last weekend for field research.
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Sorting Clocks To Learn About Automobiles

How might we judge the importance of an object? In ME 200 this quarter, we are taking a long view to approach this question. While the ultimate end result will be to judge a group of automobiles and deliver an award, we are starting with a series of lectures and discussions that force the students to think about how they might determine organizing principles using information and perspective on hand.

Ironically, we won't be discussing...
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Open Garage Talk: Carlos Ghosn

Together with the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS), The Revs Program at Stanford welcomes Renault-Nissan Alliance CEO Carlos Ghosn for an Open Garage Talk at Stanford on April 1, 2013.
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The Revs Program at the 2013 7th Biennial Symposium on Connoisseurship and the Collectible Car

The Revs Program at the 2013 7th Biennial Symposium on Connoisseurship and the Collectible Car.
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New Batch of Revs Courses Launch For Spring

We are proud to announce a new batch of courses for the Spring 2013 quarter at Stanford University. The following courses are official Revs-sponsored classes, open to Stanford students with requirements as listed:

Comm 165N: Cars: Past, Present and Future

Teaching Team: C. Nass, M. Shanks

Focus on the past, present and future of the automobile, bridging the Humanities, Social Sciences, Design, and...
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Open Garage Talk: Chris Bangle with Diego Rodriguez

The Revs Program at Stanford presents an evening with noted designer Chris Bangle, Managing Director of Chris Bangle Associates and former Chief of Design for BMW Group. The evening event was moderated by IDEO partner and Stanford d.school professor Diego Rodriguez.

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d.school: Understanding Superfans and Their Heroes

Harness the power of the 'hero coefficient' through a radical team-based, hands-on, multidisciplinary class.

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New Video Looks Deeper Into Road & Track Magazine Future

After announcing the Road & Track Magazine archive would come to Stanford in December, we look forward to the future of the collection within academia. 

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Open Garage Talk: Carlos Ghosn

Together with the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS), The Revs Program at Stanford welcomes Renault-Nissan Alliance CEO Carlos Ghosn for an Open Garage Talk at Stanford on April 1, 2013.

Course

Tales To Design Car By

Investigating the relationship with cars through the application of research and with a generative storytelling focus will provide inspiration for designing a new automotive experience.

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The Revs Program at the 2013 7th Biennial Symposium on Connoisseurship and the Collectible Car

The Revs Program at the 2013 7th Biennial Symposium on Connoisseurship and the Collectible Car.

Blog

Sorting Clocks To Learn About Automobiles

How might we judge the importance of an object? In ME 200 this quarter, we are taking a long view to approach this question.

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Recording the Hidden Ingenuity of Racing

A trip to Laguna Seca raceway for the Revs Program at Stanford yielded great research results. It also exposed some wonderful moments of resourcefulness.

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Revs Course In Literature Authoring New Book

Continuing our research, we are writing a book, tentatively titled Auto-mobility: the Car in American Literature and Culture.