Datafication and Community Activism 2021

Building on what we started back in 2019 at the first D & CA workshop, this year's forum brought together scholars, journalists, graduate students, artists, adjunct lecturers, para-academics, public scholars, community organizers, and data/information professionals interested in thinking through the relationship between activism and research. We wanted to highlight, support, and advance activist responses to datafication, especially in the context of the lived experiences of racialized and minoritized communities.

The 2021 Datafication and Community Activism Forum was composed of a panel and a talk.

April 23, 2021 | Friday

11:00am - 12:30pm (PST)

Panel on "What does technology have to do with abolition"

with Hamid Khan, Cara Page, Marika Pfferkorn, and Derecka Purnell

moderated by Christopher Gilliard

2:00 - 3:00pm (PST)

Talk on "The MEASURE CARE Model for Disruptive Changemakers"

by Jameila "Meme" Styles

Founder and President, MEASURE

Organized by Prof. Roderic Crooks and Benedict 'bono' Salazar Olgado

Supported and funded by the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science "Inspiration Award"

For inquiries and assistance contact bolgado@uci.edu.