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SUMMARY:Decolonial AI: Designing Technologies for Generative Justice
DESCRIPTION:The extraction of ecological value from nature\, labor value from workers\, and social value from communities constitutes the root cause of pollution\, poverty and social domination. Indigenous traditions\, commons-based production and related alternatives offer models in which value is not extracted\, but rather circulated back to the human and non-human agencies that generated it. In this talk we will describe how this framework of “generative justice” can be used to design decolonized technologies. In Detroit our experiments develop AI and other applications in a platform for community-based economies. In Africa they are developed for a collective of crafters\, artists and other creatives. We find that establishing democratized\, regenerative value flows requires “full stack decolonization\,” because extraction occurs at every layer from infrastructure to machine learning algorithms. The transition to worker-owned systems\, in which they determine where AI will be located across the broad spectrum of human-machine agency possibilities\, is a key component in developing pathways for egalitarian and sustainable futures. \nRon Eglash is the Director of the Center for Generative Justice and a former Professor in the School of Information at University of Michigan. Audrey Bennett is a Professor in the Stamps School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan and a University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/decolonial-ai-designing-technologies-for-generative-justice/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:2026 Santa Cruz Fungus Fair
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that without fungus\, we’d have no bread\, cheese\, beer\, or wine? Or that anti-cholesterol medicine was developed from mushrooms? Come to the Santa Cruz Fungus Fair to learn fascinating and fun facts about beautiful and diverse species of mushrooms! This unique Santa Cruz area tradition draws thousands of visitors each January. View remarkable mushroom arts and crafts\, taste unusual and exceptionally good fungal fare\, and experience FFSC’s overriding mission: “We keep the fun in fungus!” \n \n\nThe Humanities Institute will be present at this event to promote the 2026 Deep Read\, which will feature Entangled Life: How Fungi Make our Worlds\, Change our Minds\, and Shape our Futures by British mycologist Merlin Sheldrake. We hope you’ll join us at the Fungus Fair and for this year’s Deep Read!
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/2026-santa-cruz-fungus-fair/
LOCATION:London Nelson Community Center\, 301 Center St.\, Santa Cruz\, United States
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SUMMARY:Saturday Shakespeare - Henry IV\, Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Saturday Shakespeare in Santa Cruz Presents Henry IV\, Part 1 by William Shakespeare Aptos Library on January 10\, 17\, 24\, 31 & February 7\, 2025 at 10:15 a.m. in the Aptos Library Betty Leonard Community Room (in person or join by Zoom). The first hour will be a conversation with the scheduled guest speaker followed by a volunteer read aloud of the play. On February 7\, the film The Hollow Crown\, Henry IV Part 1 will be shown. This event series is co-sponsored by the UC Santa Cruz Shakespeare Workshop. \nFor more information\, Zoom Link\, or to volunteer to be a reader\, contact: saturdayshakespeare@gmail.com \nGuest Speakers / Film Presentation \n\nJan 10: Alexander Brondarbit\, A historian who specializes in kingship in late medieval and early modern England; author of two books on The Wars of the Roses. Readings: Act 1 – Act 2\, Scene 2\nJan 17: Patty Gallagher\, An actor and Professor of Theater Arts at UC Santa Cruz; Artistic Associate at Santa Cruz Shakespeare and the Rogue Theatre in Tucson\, Arizona. Readings: Act 2\, Scene 3 – Act 3\, Scene 2.\nJan 24: Julia Reinhardt Lupton\, Distinguished Professor of English at UC Irvine\, co-director of the UCI Shakespeare Center. She is the author of six books on Shakespeare. Readings: Act 3\, Scene 3 – Act 4.\nJan 31: Abigail Heald is currently teaching the Henriad (Richard II\, Henry IV\, Parts I and Part II\, and Henry V) at Stanford University. Readings: Act 5.\nFeb 7: Film Screening: The Hollow Crown\, Henry IV Part 1. Jeremy Irons-King Henry/ Tom Hiddleson-Prince Hal/ Simon Russell Beale-Falstaff\, directed by Richard Eyre.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/saturday-shakespeare-henry-iv-part-1/
LOCATION:Virtual and In Person
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