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February 27, 2024 | Centering Equity and Justice in Research: What Will It Take?

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February 26-27, 2024

Schedule varies

University of California Santa Cruz, Silicon Valley Campus

The UC Santa Cruz Science & Justice Research Center (SJRC), in collaboration with the LEED Team, is hosting a Kick-Off meeting and public dialogue which will take place at the UCSC Silicon Valley Campus in Santa Clara from February 26th to 27th 2024. The second day will feature two public facing sessions to gather thought leaders in the domain of science and society from the UCs, Stanford, Cal State and Silicon Valley to envision how to build more equitable research practices and communities. The day will end with a public reception at 5PM, followed by a panel discussion, Centering Equity and Justice in Research: What Will It Take? The panel will bring to our campus prime movers in efforts to create just and equitable research systems. Registration.

February 27th 2024 at 5:00pm – 7:00pm PST

In 1978, the Belmont Report issued by the U.S. National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects named justice as one of three core ethical principles that should guide research. Yet in the years that followed, researchers, policy makers, and ethicists paid much more attention to the other two principles–autonomy and beneficence–than to concerns about justice. This began to change a decade ago when social justice movements created new pressures on policy makers and scientists to attend to equity and justice. In 2013, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) led the charge to overthrow gene patents, resulting in the landmark Supreme Court ruling against Myriad, a major step towards health equity. Efforts to attend to issues of equality and justice accelerated further in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests after the murder of George Floyd in the summer of 2020. In January of 2021, the Biden-Harris Administration appointed the first Deputy Director of Science and Society in its Office of Science, Technology and Policy (OSTP) and a year later released a bold vision to achieve equity in STEMM, followed by the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights in October 2022. Most recently, in August of 2023 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report calling for the U.S. to center equity in health care innovation.

This panel brings together central architects and prime movers of these efforts to reflect on the progress that has been made and the work that lies ahead. Join us as we imagine this next chapter of the critical revolution to create just and equitable research systems that not only foster innovation, but create trustworthy sciences, technologies and societies.

Panelists

Ray Fouché, Professor of Communication Studies at Northwestern University, immediate past Division Director of Social and Economic Sciences within the Directorate of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the National Science Foundation.

Evelynn Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, co-author of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report, Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech (2022).

Karen Miga, Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering and Associate Director of the UCSC Genomics Institute, co-lead of the telomere-to-telomere (T2T) consortium and project director of the human pangenome reference consortium (HPRC) production center at UC Santa Cruz.

Kim TallBear, (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate) is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience, and Society in the Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta, Canada.

Moderated by Jenny Reardon, Founding Director of the Science & Justice Research Center, UC Santa Cruz.

Refer to the LEED Project website for more information.

2024 SNU Visiting Students

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Graduate Researchers

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Undergraduate Researchers

Group 1:

Jaehoon Jeong 

Giyun Choi is a junior majoring in Chemical&Biological Engineering at Seoul National University. He is especially interested in Energy process system engineering. So he plans to learn more about process control, optimization and modeling.

Yoon Lee is a junior studying Sociology and Science and Technology Studies at Seoul National University. He is interested in how diverse “situated knowledges” are constructed in societies. In particular, he finds it fun how heterogenous actors entangle and understand each other within medical practices. Also, he is recently getting into AI as a new important actor producing scientific knowledge.

Eunhye Kim is a senior student majoring in Computer Science and Industrial Engineering. She has a keen interest in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Ergonomics. Previously, she participated in a project designing a human-machine interface for semi-autonomous vehicles. Currently, she is conducting research in HCI, aiming to help users bridge the gap between text and image data in the fashion domain. Apart from academics, she enjoys jogging, swimming, and visiting art galleries.

Che Young Yoon is a junior at Seoul National University. She belongs to the College of Liberal Studies and is majoring in psychology and business administration. She has been interested in law since young, so she wanted to go to law school, but recently, she became interested in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. By combining law and neuroscience, she wants to create innovations that use psychological mechanisms to determine whether statements are true in court. She is interested in grasping people’s habits based on psychological knowledge and applying them to the field of law, beyond simply judging the authenticity of statements.

Group 2:

Seung Seok Oh is a senior majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Seoul National University. Having strong belief in a word “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” by Arthur C. Clark, I am deeply fascinated by engineering, especially robotics and aerospace. I am also interested in Silicon Valley startups that are rapidly changing the face of the world.

Hangyeol Go

Nayeon Joh

Minjae Kim is a junior majoring in Pharmacy at Seoul National University. She is very interested in pharmaceutical industry and medical health system. So she wants to learn more about new drug development and research issues that pharmaceutical companies focusing on. Also she wants to know about policies and systems that can help more people become healthy.

Chaehyeon Kim is junior majoring in economics and Management of Technology and recently taking a year off to do an internship at AI startup as a developer. She is interested in the dynamics between technology and society, and especially how the start-up companies change the everyday life of people. Throughout the internship experience, she became concerned with the social structural solution of the situations that start-up companies face but which are difficult to manage to pull themselves up by their bootstraps

Group 3:

Dong Uk Kim is a junior at Seoul National University, is majoring in Nuclear Engineering, with a keen focus on materials science within this field. He actively explores innovative nuclear plant designs and the critical materials required for their construction. He is also interested in assessing the role of nuclear energy in ethical and policy aspect, particularly as it relates to the global transition towards a low-carbon future.

JunHyeok Park

Nahyun Kim is a junior majoring in Painting at the Collage of Fine Arts and Anthropology at the Collage of Social Science. I am interested in how our visual culture has influenced our identity. In particular, I am interested in the methodology that Japan adopted after World War II to explain its own visual culture as ‘Japan’s uniqueness’ by separating it from Western influences, and the dangers of the linear historical perspective it entails. In relation to this program, I want to take a closer look at the potential social alienation that various revolutions in science and technology might bring about. By doing so, I aim to explore the possibility of caring for more microscopic extras by the area of art, rather than focusing on macroscopic transformations.

Yeongseo Shin is a junior majoring in college of Pharmacy at Seoul National University. I am very interested in science that considers society. I would like to ask how the U.S. viewed and responded to the reality of the medical gap, especially in the ‘health disparity’ class. I am also curious about the level of personalized medical care and the status of social institutions in the United States. Also, I wonder development of social, legal and ethical discussion about new technology innovation. I’m looking forward to getting diverse experiences and insights through this program!

Yoonwon Lee is a freshman majoring in Business at Seoul National University.

Group 4:

Hyeokjung Choi is a junior majoring in Business Administration at Seoul National University. He is deeply passionate about the innovation and productivity that flourish within a free and dynamic market, and hopes to provide a stable foundation for it. Currently, his field of interest is the appropriate valuation of technological innovations and IPOs of related start-ups, which accompanies due diligence. Also, he is interested in various topics of finance including financial crisis and its relation with governmental activities.

Kyunghoon Han is a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering. I’m interested in AI technology and robotics. I’m planning to study and research some wearable devices. Through this snu-in program, I want to discuss social problems related to science technology like AI. Also, it will be a great time to share idea about science issue like CES2024 while touring companies in silicon valley.

Jwa Yewon is a freshman majoring in Medicine at Seoul National University. I think that future innovations such as genetic motification may impact on social inequility if we use these not properly, so i am interested in the way that we take advantage of innovations wisely and i want to shate various ideas with you !

Minyoung Shin is a biology major, and the reason I love biology is because the more I learn, the more I understand about human beings and life. It fascinates me that we can use the scientific method to find answers to questions like “Who am I? How does my body and mind work?” So I’m particularly interested in genetics, which explains the origins of humanity and our innate dispositions, and neuroscience, which allows us to understand human thoughts and emotions as electrochemical interactions. I’m also very interested in STS, which studies the relationship between science, people, and society. This semester, I took some courses that allowed me to broaden my horizons by discussing issues related to science and technology from a social and philosophical perspective. I hope to gain a variety of experiences at SNU in San Francisco to further refine my interests.

Seeun Lee is a junior majoring in Food Biotechnology at Seoul National University. I have a lot of interest in “Decarbonization of the Food Industry”. Furthermore, I wish to learn about the recent researches going on and values that IT giants are pursuing in the biomedical field. 

Group 5:

Junwoo Kim is a sophomore majoring in business administration at College of Liberal Studies of Seoul National University. He’s also considering to major in architecture or design his own Student Designed Major combining architecture, sociology and anthropology. His interests can divided in two ways; interest in start-ups as a job, and personal interest in architecture or urban sociology especially how people and any buildings, cities, places, or any ‘spaces’ interact with each other. Also it has been always most interesting part for him that how companies make innovation and change the world.

Seunghoon Oh is a junior majoring in Biological Sciences at Seoul National University. He is especially interested in fields including structural biology, biochemistry and biophysics. He aims to develop a novel process for drug discovery through biophysical research, and eventually improve the affordability of personalized medicine.

Wonjae Shin is a sophomore majoring in Energy Resources Engineering at Seoul National University. He is interested in various fields surrounding energy and resources, such as GIS, energy markets, and petroleum. In particular, he is interested in the distribution of energy based on economics.

Younjin Kang is a junior majoring in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, and double majoring in Computer Science Engineering. While studying artificial intelligence, she became interested in robotics and continues to study this field. Beyond technical expertise, she is passionate about understanding the social context and ethical responsibilities that accompany engineering applications.

Chaemi Song is a junior majoring in Business Administration and double majoring in Computer Science. Her academic journey is characterized by a profound interest not only in the technical aspects of artificial intelligence but also in the broader context that has shaped its evolution.  She is particularly fascinated by the interplay between technological advancements and their societal impacts, especially in the realm of AI. She aims to acquire a nuanced perspective on AI that encompasses both its technological potential and its transformative role in shaping the future of human society.

Daeun Kim is a freshman majoring in Dentistry at Seoul National University School of Dentistry. While taking a Global Citizenship Education(GCED) course, she became conscious about global inequity in access to oral health care. She seeks applicable model for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) especially on oral health care. 

SNU In the World Program 2023 Rapporteur Report

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SNU In the World Program 2023 Rapporteur Report

Innovation, Science & Justice

University of California, Santa Cruz

January 29, 2023 – February 11, 2023

Over a two-week period in early 2023, the Science & Justice Research Center (SJRC) hosted 27 visiting scholars (including Professor Doogab Yi, 4 graduate students, and 22 undergraduates) from Seoul National University (SNU) as part of the SNU in the World Program to learn about the work being done at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) by SJRC affiliates. The SNU in the World Program, administered by the Office of International Affairs (OIA) at SNU, is a university-led and government-funded initiative to train South Korean undergraduate students to be globally engaged scholars and leaders. The SNU in the World Program at UCSC is one of five other programs selected for funding and focuses on Innovation, Science and Justice. Other SNU Programs included visits to Washington DC (public policy), Japan (sustainable development), and Australia (climate crisis).

The program was facilitated by Doogab Yi, Associate Professor of Science Studies at Seoul National University, who brought together a diverse group of students from fields including the biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, engineering, industrial design, philosophy, sociology, english, business administration, and fashion design. Over the two-week program students participated in an in-depth series of lectures, workshops, reading groups, and field trips focused on exploring some of today’s most pressing issues including biomedical innovation, environmental justice, climate change, health equity, and toxic ecologies. Students were also able to participate in the Mellon Sawyer Seminar Series “Race, Empire, and the Environments of Biomedicine” by attending Kaushik Sunder Rajar’s lecture “Ethnographic Trans-formations: Cases, Life Histories, and Other Entanglements of Emergent Research.”

With the SJRC, SNU visiting scholars learned about a few of the projects and initiatives SJRC co-directors Jenny Reardon and James Doucet-Battle are working on, including an initiative by the University of California with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (UC-HBCU) a partnership with North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University aimed at improving diversity in UC doctoral biology programs, as well as the Leadership in Ethical & Equitable Design (LEED) of STEM Research Project. Both projects are aimed at increasing diversity within STEM research and addressing issues of equity at the intellectual and institutional level in order to secure more just and equitable forms of science and engineering. The group also met with SJRC affiliates and student fellows in the UCSC Sustainability Office, the UCSC Genomics Institute, and joined for a session of the UCSC IBSC Stem Cell Journal Club. In these sessions, they explored issues ranging from bioethical questions raised by innovative biotechnologies like stem cells, to human rights issues raised by technologies of war.

The group participated in several field trips throughout the local Bay Area including visiting with Dongoh Park, Senior Policy Advisor for Google’s Global Trust and Safety Team on the Google campus in Silicon Valley. The group also visited the UC San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center at Mission Bay to learn about the cutting edge research and clinical treatment innovations there as well as the justice issues raised by the building of the Google campus. A highlight of the field trip was a lecture by Fred Turner, Professor of Communication at Stanford University who also serves on the SJRC Advisory Board. Professor Turner’s talk, “Cultures of Innovation,” drew on research from his award winning book From Counterculture to Cyberculture and explored how culture creates ideological models for the reimagination of technology. Turner showed how the 1960s counterculture movement influenced the emergence of cyberculture. Both are predicated on technology as a tool for personal transformation, and labor as a tool for personal growth.

While in San Francisco students participated in a walking tour of Third Street as part of the SJRC’s Just Biomedicine project. Just Biomedicine is a SJRC research collective that critically examines the meeting of biomedicine, biotechnology, and big data along the Third Street corridor in the Mission-Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The walking tour was designed to allow participants to view how technoscientific transformations can build into cityscapes new inequalities and injustices (i.e., new challenges to democratic governance; new surveillance regimes; and new forms of social stratification). The walking tour allowed participants to experience the stratified health and wealth outcomes of the push towards biomedical innovation in San Francisco.

The SNU students worked in groups throughout the two-week program to explore various issues of interest and develop a group project. During the project development phase, groups discussed and debated a number of issues, including: broadening definitions of diversity and inclusion; reconceiving relationships between science and justice; and understanding the role of histories of injustices in current regimes of conducting and governing technoscience.

“Diversity is an open attitude that understands and respects various individuals and groups and does not exclude unjustly.”  

From the presentation, “Diversity: Aligning the Ideal with the Practical,” by Min Joo Lee, Hyeon Beom Choi, Su Hyun Hur, & Yi Ji Kim.

At the end of the two-week program, project teams presented their final group research projects. Final projects covered topics including: 

  • how historical cases of injustice and discrimination have led to mistrust of the contemporary healthcare system; (Link)
  • the need to address both ethical and practical aspects of diversity through the development of policies and incentives to enhance diversity; (Link)
  • how the theoretical concept of slow science can be applied through an Environmental Social Governance (ESG) model; (Link)
  • what environmental justice issues vulnerable populations in Korea are currently facing; and (Link)
  • how the drive towards innovation has historically resulted in exploitation, inequity, and discrimination highlighting the new for “Just Innovation.” (Link)

All of these projects attempted to apply and analyze practical approaches to addressing issues of equity and justice in the realms of science and technology.

If you are interested in presenting or meeting with SNU in late January 2024 or late January 2025, please contact Jenny Reardon (reardon1@ucsc.edu) and Colleen Stone (colleen@ucsc.edu).

Photos:

Students during a lecture.

Image 1: Group lecture in the Oakes College Mural Room with Tiffany Wise-West, Sustainability and Climate Action Manager, City of Santa Cruz. Photo by Jenny Reardon.

Professor Jenny Reardon (UCSC) and Professor Doogab Yi (SNU) smiling at camera.

Image 2: Professor Jenny Reardon (UCSC) and Professor Doogab Yi (SNU). Photo by Colleen Stone.

The Joan and Sanford Weill Neurosciences Building.

Image 3: Third Street Walking Tour, San Francisco. Photo by Dennis Browe or Jenny Reardon in front of the Joan and Sanford Weill Neurosciences Building.

Jun Kim, Jeongin Baek, Hyeonyeong Lee, and Geon Jeremiah Heo presenting.

Image 4: Presentation by Jun Kim, Jeongin Baek, Hyeonyeong Lee, and Geon Jeremiah Heo on February 9th, 2023. Image by Jenny Reardon.

Professor Jenny Reardon presenting a lecture on the ethics of biotechnology to the UCSC IBSC Stem Cell Journal Club and SNU visitors.

Image 5: Professor Jenny Reardon presenting a lecture on the ethics of biotechnology to the UCSC IBSC Stem Cell Journal Club and SNU visitors. Image by Chessa Adsit-Morris.

January 21-February 03, 2024 | SNU in the World Program Visit

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January 21-February 03, 2024
Schedule and Participants

IAS, 3rd Floor Conference Room + various locations on campus and in town

The SNU in the World Program, administered by the Office of International Affairs (OIA) at Seoul National University (https://oia.snu.ac.kr/snu-world-program-swp) is a university-led and government-funded initiative to train undergraduate students to be globally engaged scholars and leaders. The SNU in the World Program with the Science & Justice Research Center (SJRC) at UC Santa Cruz is coordinated through the Science & Justice Research Center’s Visiting Scholar Program with Doogab Yi, Associate Professor of Science Studies at Seoul National University (https://bit.ly/2P9b7Wi). The SNU in the World Program at UC Santa Cruz is one of five other programs selected for funding and focuses on Innovation, Science and Justice. Other SNU Programs include visits to Washington DC (public policy), Japan (sustainable development), and Australia (climate crisis).

In January and February 2024, the SJRC will host Professor Doogab Yi, 2 graduate students and 26 undergraduate students for two weeks. This years’ program will consist of a series of lectures with affiliated faculty at UC Santa Cruz, UC San Francisco, and Stanford along with field trips to the surrounding Bay Area museums, cultural centers, and sites of innovation such as Google. A welcome dinner at the Namaste Lounge, a screening of Richland (a film by Irene Lusztig), a live performance of Strata: A Performance of Topography, social gatherings, and a final student presentation over lunch are also planned. Select in-person lectures and activities allow for a few additional guests to join. People are encouraged to express interest by selecting which activities they are interested in attending by marking any that apply in this Google Form. Refer to the Winter 2024 Schedule and Participant Biographies.

For additional information contact Jenny Reardon (reardon1@ucsc.edu) and Colleen Stone (colleen@ucsc.edu).

Doogab Yi currently works on several projects related to the development of science and technology within the context of capitalism, such as the history of biotechnology, the relationship between science and the law, and the emergence of the technologies of the 24/7 self. He teaches courses in the history of modern science, science and the law, and environmental history.

January 17, 2024 | CANCELLED – Refiguring Worlds Through Local Voices? Epistemic Vulnerability in a Time of Climate Change in Kerala, India

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

4:00-5:30 PM

SJRC Common Room Oakes 231

Join SJRC scholars for an open discussion of works-in-progress! This is a wonderful chance to engage with one another’s ideas, and support our own internal work! At this session, we will hear from visiting postdoctoral fellow Anna Bridel.

As climate change impacts intensify there are growing calls for alternative life-worlds to be imagined and brought in to being through the inclusion of local voices in environmental policymaking. At the same time, research has shown that platforming local environmental knowledge can often lead to an unexpected continuation of pre-existing relations of knowledge, politics and climate vulnerability. In this work in progress, Bridel will discuss ethnographic fieldwork from Kerala, India, where Cyclone Ockhi led to the death of over 200 fishers in 2017 but local fishing communities have been unable to influence dominant approaches to governing storm risk. In doing so Bridel will seek to develop the concept of ‘epistemic vulnerability’ as interactions between processes of making authoritative knowledge about the environment and vulnerabilization, to understand how fisher needs become silenced. Bridel gratefully welcomes any comments or feedback, especially on this analysis and the utility of epistemic vulnerability as a conceptual device.

Anna Bridel is a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Call for Participation

Winter 2024 Graduate Student Researcher Opportunity (PAID)

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The Science & Justice Research Center and the SNU in the World Program are now accepting applications for a:

Winter Graduate Student Research Fellow

This position supports The SNU in the World Program, administered by the Office of International Affairs (OIA) at Seoul National University (https://oia.snu.ac.kr/page/o_snu_in_world_programs.php), a university-led and government-funded initiative to train undergraduate students to be globally engaged scholars and leaders. The SNU in the World Program with the Science & Justice Research Center (SJRC) at UC Santa Cruz is coordinated through the Science & Justice Research Center’s Visiting Scholar Program with Doogab Yi, Associate Professor of Science Studies at Seoul National University (https://bit.ly/2P9b7Wi). The SNU in the World Program at UC Santa Cruz is one of five other programs selected for funding and focuses on Innovation, Science and Justice. Other SNU Programs include visits to Washington DC (public policy), Japan (sustainable development), and Australia (climate crisis).

In consultation with PI Jenny Reardon (Sociology) and Colleen Stone (Program Manager) at the Science & Justice Research Center (SJRC) and PI Doogab Yi (SNU), one graduate student researcher will be offered a 12.5% GSRship (a total of 60 hours) to develop and implement the proposed research visit, help advise and welcome visiting students.

The researcher will: 1) assist developing and organizing a two-week program (in Santa Cruz and in the greater Bay Area) of invited presenters discussing a variety of topics on Innovation, Science and Justice, 2) help implement activities during visit, 3) engage SNU students providing guidance on final presentations, 4) survey visitors for feedback on visit, soliciting pictures and final student presentations to post to the project website and inform the next years’ visit, and 5) generate a final report on activities.

More information about “The SNU in the World Program” project along with links to previous program’s can be found on the project webpage.

The Student Must:

  • Be currently enrolled as a graduate student at UC Santa Cruz (any discipline).
  • Be interested in strengthening partnerships with SNU visitor’s and UCSC Korean students, and in innovation, science and justice studies.
  • Be available to be in Santa Cruz for the two-week long visit (January 22 – February 02, 2024).

The Student Will:

  • Be offered a 12.5% GSRship from Jan 08 – Feb 28. Date range and step to be confirmed upon acceptance of offer.
  • Be offered a winter fellowship with the SJRC and listed on the Project’s webpage.
  • Work closely with a team to develop clear goals and programming, and assist student groups with final projects. 
  • Submit an end-of-visit report of activities with suggestions for future programming.

To Apply:

By Friday, December 01 at 12 Noon, email (scijust@ucsc.edu) expressing interest, letting us know and sending the following:

  1. Your name, home department, academic faculty advisor(s).
  2. Your resume/CV.
  3. Why you are interested in the project and how your learning/research/career goals would benefit from the fellowship.
  4. Your experiences with the project topic, if any.
  5. Briefly describe any ideas for programming.

November 08, 2023 | Algorithmic Bias

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Wednesday, November 08, 2023

4:00-5:30 PM

SJRC Common Room, Oakes 231 + Zoom (Registration)

Join Science & Justice Affiliate Caro Flores (Philosophy) and Gabbrielle Johnson in a conversation with Science & Justice on algorithmic bias. We will gather in the SJRC Common Room, Oakes 231, and have Zoom available.

Gabbrielle Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College. I work in Philosophy of Psychology (particularly perception and social cognition), Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, and Philosophy of Technology.

February 07, 2024 | Warren Sack and Nicole Starosielski on STS Approaches to Media Infrastructures

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Wednesday, February 07, 2024

12:15 – 1:30pm

Humanities 1, 210

SAVE-the-DATE!

Join Warren Sack (Film & Digital Media) and Nicole Starosielski in a conversation with the Center for Cultural Studies and Science & Justice on STS approaches to media infrastructures. We will gather at the CCS in Humanities 1-210.

Nicole Starosielski conducts research on global internet and media distribution, communications infrastructures ranging from data centers to undersea cables, and media’s environmental and elemental dimensions. Starosielski is author or co-editor of over thirty articles and five books on media, infrastructure, and environments, including: The Undersea Network (2015), Media Hot and Cold (2021), Signal Traffic: Critical Studies of Media Infrastructure (2015), Sustainable Media: Critical Approaches to Media and Environment (2016), Assembly Codes: The Logistics of Media (2021), as well as co-editor of the “Elements” book series at Duke University Press.

Starosielski’s most recent project, Sustainable Subsea Networks, is focused on increasing the sustainability of digital infrastructures. The project team has developed a catalog of best practices for sustainability in the subsea cable industry—the backbone of the global internet—as well as a carbon footprint of a subsea cable. Starosielski is also a co-convenor of the SubOptic Association’s Global Citizen Working Group.

Starosielski teaches classes and supervises projects on digital media, environmental media, media and communications infrastructures, media history and theory, and integrated media theory and production, among other areas.

November 08, 2023 | Giving Day

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Wednesday, November 08, 2023

12:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Campaign Page

Join the Science & Justice Research Center at UC Santa Cruz on Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 for Giving Day, a 24-hour online fundraising drive!

Help support the next cohort of Science & Justice student researchers by giving to the Science & Justice Giving Day Campaign!

Thank you for making a more just world possible!