October 30, 2019 | Works-in-Progress with Luz Cordoba
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 4:00-5:30 PM SJRC Common Room, Oakes 231 Join SJRC scholars in the SJRC Common Room 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 Science & Justice Training Program Fellow,… Continue Reading October 30, 2019 | Works-in-Progress with Luz Cordoba
October 16, 2019 | Ruha Benjamin on A New Jim Code?
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 2:00-4:00pm Merrill Cultural Center A New Jim Code? Race, Carceral Technoscience, and Liberatory Imagination in Everyday Life (PDF Flyer) From everyday apps to complex algorithms, technology has the potential to hide, speed, and even deepen discrimination, while appearing neutral and even benevolent when compared to racist practices of a previous era. Benjamin… Continue Reading October 16, 2019 | Ruha Benjamin on A New Jim Code?
October 15, 2019 | Theorizing Race After Race
5:00-6:30 PM SJRC Common Room, Oakes 231 Join Science & Justice scholars for an open discussion of Theorizing Race After Race! At this meeting we will discuss our plans for this project, including a grant proposal we have been working on over the summer. More information on the cluster can be found at: https://scijust.ucsc.edu/2019/05/17/theorizing-race-after-race/.
Science & Justice Fall Writing Together
Tuesdays 10:00am-1:00pm SJRC Common Room, Oakes 231 Wanting to establish a regular writing routine exploring science and justice? Beginning Tuesday October 8th, join SJRC scholars in the SJRC Common Room from 10:00am to 1:00pm for open writing sessions! Engage in six 25-minute writing sessions (with a 5 minute break in between). Open to all students,… Continue Reading Science & Justice Fall Writing Together
June 6, 2019 | Humanity’s Last Stand: The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence
Humanity’s Last Stand: The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence Thursday, June 6, 2019 7:00 PM (registration) UC Santa Cruz, Kresge College Seminar Room The Right Livelihood Laureate Lecture presents an evening with Nicanor Perlas, Right Livelihood Award Laureate, followed by panel discussion with UC Santa Cruz Faculty Anthony Aguirre (Associate Professor of Physics), Lise Getoor (Professor of… Continue Reading June 6, 2019 | Humanity’s Last Stand: The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence
June 5-7, 2019 | Wrong at the Root: Racial Bias and The Tension Between Numbers and Words in Non-Internet Data
Wednesday, June 5 – Friday, June 7, 2019 Melvin Calvin Laboratory University of California Berkeley Sponsored by the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing and the Sloan Foundation Artificially intelligent systems extrapolate from historical training data. While the training process is robust to “noisy” data, systematically biased data will inexorably lead to biased… Continue Reading June 5-7, 2019 | Wrong at the Root: Racial Bias and The Tension Between Numbers and Words in Non-Internet Data
June 3, 2019 | Book Release! Warren Sack on The Software Arts
Monday, June 3, 2019 3:00PM – 4:30PM (Poster) Communications 139, UC Santa Cruz The Department of Film and Digital Media invite you to a book party to celebrate the release of The Software Arts (MIT Press, 2019) by Warren Sack, S&J Faculty Affiliate, Professor and Chair of Film and Digital Media at UC Santa Cruz. With his… Continue Reading June 3, 2019 | Book Release! Warren Sack on The Software Arts
May 30-31, 2019 | Indigeneity and Climate Justice
Indigeneity and Climate Justice Thursday May 30 – Friday May 31 9:30-3:30pm – (schedule) (poster) Arboretum Horticulture Hall II The UC Santa Cruz Feminist Studies Department presents a Feminist Science Studies Conference on Indigeneity and Climate Justice, organized by Professors of Feminist Studies Karen Barad (Science & Justice Director of Teaching) and Felicity Amaya Schaeffer. Anthropogenic… Continue Reading May 30-31, 2019 | Indigeneity and Climate Justice
May 10, 2019 | The Futures of Critical Food Studies
The Futures of Critical Food Studies Friday, May 10, 2019 12:00-5:00pm Namaste Lounge “The Futures of Critical Food Studies” is a collaborative event organized by graduate students Erica Zurawski and Halie Kampman with the support of the UCSC Science & Justice Research Center’s Training Program, the Association for the Study of Food and Society, and College’s… Continue Reading May 10, 2019 | The Futures of Critical Food Studies
May 08, 2019 | Works-in-Progress with James Doucet-Battle
Wednesday, May 08, 2019 4:00-5:30 PM SJRC Common Room, Oakes 231 Join SJRC scholars in the SJRC Common Room 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 Assistant Professor of Sociology, James Doucet-Battle… Continue Reading May 08, 2019 | Works-in-Progress with James Doucet-Battle