Feb 07, 2018 | Academic (Re)Considerations: “Non-Humans” and/as Research Objects, Subjects, and Co-laborers
Academic researchers across disciplines have long utilized animals, plants, rocks, and a range of non-human others, yet historically this research has been grounded in a foundational distinction between nature and culture, non-human and human. In this round table discussion with Laurie Palmer (UCSC Art) and Felicity Schaeffer (UCSC Feminist Studies), we will collaboratively discuss methodological… Continue Reading Feb 07, 2018 | Academic (Re)Considerations: “Non-Humans” and/as Research Objects, Subjects, and Co-laborers
Jan 31, 2018 | Research Justice 101: Tools for Feminist Science
How do we practice a socially just science? Join Free Radicals, a Los Angeles-based feminist and anti-racist community organization of scientists, that aims to incorporate a critical social justice lens into science, for an interactive workshop on feminist practices and socially conscious frameworks for building feminist research and engineering practices. Justice provides a framework for… Continue Reading Jan 31, 2018 | Research Justice 101: Tools for Feminist Science
Jan 23, 2018 | Webinar: Talking Biopolitics with Alondra Nelson and Jenny Reardon on Racial and Genetic Justice
On January 23rd, Alondra Nelson and Jenny Reardon, both authors of recent books about genomics and social justice, will engage in conversation about their work. They’ll explore how institutions are responding to histories of racism in which genetics plays a role; the problems of knowledge that living in a genome-oriented world present; and how we… Continue Reading Jan 23, 2018 | Webinar: Talking Biopolitics with Alondra Nelson and Jenny Reardon on Racial and Genetic Justice
Winter 2018 | Science and Justice Writing Together
Mondays | 1:00-4:00pm | SJRC Common Room, Oakes 231 Wanting to establish a regular writing routine exploring science and justice? Join SJRC scholars in the SJRC Common Room for open writing sessions! Engage in six 25-minute writing sessions (with a 5 minute break in between). Open to all students, faculty and visiting scholars. We will… Continue Reading Winter 2018 | Science and Justice Writing Together
Jan 17, 2017 | Visiting Scholars Roundtable
S&J welcomes Lesley Green, (Fulbright Scholar, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Founding Director of Environmental Humanities South at the University of Cape Town, South Africa) to the S&J Visiting Scholars Program who will share an overview of a forthcoming book, “Rock | Water | Life” and a wider Environmental Humanities South project building on soils scholarship, while visiting… Continue Reading Jan 17, 2017 | Visiting Scholars Roundtable
Nov 29, 2017 | Treasure Island and Ecological, Infrastructural, and Racial Justice
“Treasure Island and Ecological, Infrastructural, & Racial Justice – Atomic Maneuvers, Toxic Legacies, and the Current Housing Crisis in the Bay Area: For Whom and When is Treasure Island Habitable?” San Francisco’s Treasure Island, constructed for the 1939 Gold Gate Internal Exposition, was given to the US Navy on the eve of World War II.… Continue Reading Nov 29, 2017 | Treasure Island and Ecological, Infrastructural, and Racial Justice
Nov 01, 2017 | Visiting Scholars Round Robin
New S&J Visiting Scholars, Kim Hendrickx and Joan Haran, will share a bit about their work and research intentions while visiting Santa Cruz. This will be a great chance for everyone to meet the new visiting faces of the Center, learn about their work and foster emerging collaborations! We will also hear reflections from current… Continue Reading Nov 01, 2017 | Visiting Scholars Round Robin
Oct 18, 2017 | Imaginactivism: Magic, Figuration & Speculative Fiction in the Pursuit of Justice
Speculative Fiction Workshop with Joan Haran and Martha Kenney With interventions from Starhawk, Donna Haraway, and Elizabeth Stephens Wednesday, October 18, 2017 1:00-4:30 PM DARC Light Lab 306 In this workshop we will take inspiration from Starhawk and Donna Haraway. In their writings since the later 1970s we can trace both the influence of a web… Continue Reading Oct 18, 2017 | Imaginactivism: Magic, Figuration & Speculative Fiction in the Pursuit of Justice
Oct 11, 2017 | Meet & Greet
Please join us for a beginning of quarter social hour. In addition to a chance to celebrate the new academic year and enjoy each other’s company over nice food and drink, we will be welcoming new members of our community, and welcoming back others. This will be a great chance for everyone to meet the… Continue Reading Oct 11, 2017 | Meet & Greet
Fall 2017 | Science and Justice Writing Together
Wanting to establish a regular writing routine exploring science and justice? Join SJRC scholars Wednesday mornings from 9:00am-12:00pm in the SJRC Common Room beginning Oct 4th through Dec 5th for open writing sessions! Engage in six 25-minute writing sessions (with a 5 minute break in between). Open to all SJRC graduate students, faculty and visiting… Continue Reading Fall 2017 | Science and Justice Writing Together