SJRC Annual Report 2016-2017
Director’s Letter: Welcome to Science and Justice The 2016-17 academic year proved a pivotal year for the Science and Justice Research Center. New faculty along with new initiatives led to a year of vibrant research and initiatives of importance not just to our campus, but to national and international efforts to forge science and justice.… Continue Reading SJRC Annual Report 2016-2017
S&J Colleague Charis Thompson Receives Honorary Doctorate from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Science & Justice Research Center colleague Charis Thompson received an honorary doctorate from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) on Friday, November 17 for her important contributions to the social study of emerging technologies. Thompson is Chancellor’s Professor and Chair of Gender & Women’s Studies at UC Berkeley, Associate Director of Berkeley’s Center… Continue Reading S&J Colleague Charis Thompson Receives Honorary Doctorate from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
S&J Colleague Donna Haraway Receives Award from Yale and Discusses “Making Oddkin”
Recently, on October 23 and 27 2017, Science & Justice Research Center colleague and UC Santa Cruz Professor Emerita (History of Consciousness) Donna Haraway gave two lectures, one at Yale University and one at Duke University. Both lectures were titled “Making Oddkin: Telling Stories for Earthly Survival” and explored the possibilities of the intersection of… Continue Reading S&J Colleague Donna Haraway Receives Award from Yale and Discusses “Making Oddkin”
Hear SJRC Director Jenny Reardon on Radio Australia
Radio Australia recently aired an episode of its Big Ideas program featuring a talk by SJRC Director Jenny Reardon. The episode highlighted her research on genomics and justice, as well as her forthcoming book from the University of Chicago Press, The Postgenomic Condition: Ethics, Justice, and Knowledge After the Genome. Reardon specifically discussed the ways… Continue Reading Hear SJRC Director Jenny Reardon on Radio Australia
Science and Justice Courses offered Winter 2018
UC Santa Cruz offers a wide range of courses across its many disciplines whose curriculum questions the relationships between science, society and justice. The below list of courses (undergraduate and graduate, face to face and online) are taught across all five academic divisions. To add your course: email us at scijust[at]ucsc.edu Undergraduate Courses Anth 136… Continue Reading Science and Justice Courses offered Winter 2018
Engagements with Decolonization and Decoloniality in and at the Interfaces of STS | Lyons | Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience
In a double issue of Catalyst, curated and introduced by S&J Professor Kristina Lyons with Juno Salazar Parreñas and Noah Tamarin, is a critical perspectives piece on decolonization, decoloniality and STS. “Engagements with Decolonization and Decoloniality in and at the Interfaces of STS” includes wonderful contributions by the following scholars. Lesley Green on “Thinking Decoloniality with Perlemoen”… Continue Reading Engagements with Decolonization and Decoloniality in and at the Interfaces of STS | Lyons | Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience
Call for Undergraduate Individual Study (2017-2018)
The SJRC will host up to 4 Individual Study students to collaborate on research papers and proposals as well as Center events and programming for the academic year. Students can also work on senior thesis projects related to Center Themes (Genomics, Data Justice, Climate Justice) and/or assist SJRC Graduate Training Program Fellows in planning… Continue Reading Call for Undergraduate Individual Study (2017-2018)
Society for Cultural Anthropology Honors S&J’s Kristina Lyons and Anna Tsing
The Society for Cultural Anthropology has awarded Kristina Lyons (UCSC Feminist Science Studies) the 2017 Cultural Horizons Prize and Anna Tsing (UCSC Anthropology) receives honorable mention. Continue Reading Society for Cultural Anthropology Honors S&J’s Kristina Lyons and Anna Tsing