This roundtable improv (12.15-2.00pm) brings together ten UCSC scholars working on social, historical, and cultural studies of science, technology and medicine. The event will be structured around eight open, improvised conversations, each beginning with a question from a different panelist exploring emerging practices, speculative transformations, and critical imaginings of technoscience, health and ecology.

Participants include:

Karen Barad, Distinguished Professor of Feminist Studies, Philosophy, and History of Consciousness.

James Doucet-Battle, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Co-Director of the Science & Justice Research Center.

Kat Gutierrez, Assistant Professor in the History Department.

Dimitris Papadopoulos, Professor of History of Consciousness in the Department of History of Consciousness.

Maria Puig de la Bellacasa, Professor of History of Consciousness in the Department of History of Consciousness.

Jenny Reardon, Professor of Sociology and the Founding Director of the Science & Justice Research Center.

Warren Sack, Professor of the Software Arts in the Film + Digital Media Department.

Kriti Sharma, Assistant Professor of Critical Race Science and Technology Studies in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies.

Matt Sparke, Professor of Politics in the Politics Department and Co-Director of Global and Community Health.

Zac Zimmer, Associate Professor of Literature in the Literature Department.

Co-sponsored by History of Consciousness: earth ecologies x technoscience conversations, Center for Cultural Studies, Global and Community Health, and the Science & Justice Research Center.