Datafication and Community Activism 2024
April 4-6, 2024
Irvine, CA
Tentative Schedule:
Thursday, April 4
5-7:00 pm Welcome Gathering (Drinks, etc.) @ Hotel
Friday, April 5
9:00 am Hotel pick-up to UCI @ Hotel Lobby
9:15 am - 9:50 am: Registration and Light breakfast, DBH 5011
10:00 am - 12:30 pm: Morning Session, DBH 5011
12:30pm - 1:30 pm: Lunch, DBH 5011
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm: Group Phot0, DBH Roof
2:00- 4:00 pm: "#SchoolsNotPrisons: Participatory Action Research Notes from the Abolitionist Movement to Reimagine Public Safety in The Carceral State" with Dr. David Turner III + Reception, DBH 6011
4:30 pm: UCI pick-up to Hotel
6 pm - 8:00 pm: Dinner at The Goldfinch
Saturday, April 6
9:00 am - 10 am: Breakfast at hotel (included in room rate)
10:00 am – 12: 30 pm: Collective and Shared Writing Session. Theme: Refusal, Receipts, and Respect
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch at hotel
Logistics
Airfare: Limited travel support is available: priority for funding goes to students, community organizers, and those without institutional support. Please e-mail Uriel if you have questions about arrival and departure dates.
Lodging: All participants have two nights of lodging covered at the Sonesta Irvine (April 4-6). Participants are responsible for extra nights if they arrive a day early or depart a day after the workshop ends.
Meals will be provided.
KEY LOCATIONS
Shared space for writing:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IhuUVx_2wejw634AS-w1rhmbZczjwO46oxTkTQfvWa8/edit?usp=sharing
Shared folder for documents: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19TYo5EMIz3oGK7sK5mj8xYyMvCnOBsAn?usp=sharing
DCA 2024 will unfold at a few primary locations: the hotel, the UC-Irvine campus, and a restaurant called The Goldfinch. We have arranged a scheduled shuttle service between venues for guests. Outside of the scheduled pick-up times, we advise that you take an Uber/Lfyt/taxi. All locations are a short ride away from each other. The Goldfinch is an 8-10 minute walk from the Sonesta Irvine.
Hotel: Sonesta Irvine, 17941 Von Karman Avenue, Irvine, CA, 92614
https://www.sonesta.com/sonesta-hotels-resorts/ca/irvine/sonesta-irvine/
Check-in 4pm; Checkout 11am
*Please note that guests at the hotel can get breakfast since it is included in the room rate.
April 5 Workshop Location: Donald Bren Hall, UC Irvine
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA, 92697
https://map.uci.edu/?id=463#!ct/61979?m/454487
List of gender-inclusive faciltites on campus: https://www.oeod.uci.edu/gender-inclusive-facilities/gender-inclusive-facilities.php
Friday Dinner Location: The Goldfinch
2000 Main Street
Suite 200
Irvine, CA, 92614
https://www.thegoldfinchrestaurant.com
Organized by
Roderic Crooks, Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics
Uriel Serrano, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Informatics
Supported and funded by the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science.
For inquiries and assistance contact userrano@uci.edu