December 6: BBD Reading Group
The BBD Reading Group welcomes Dr. Tonia Sutherland for its final meeting of the year!
The final Black Beyond Data Reading Group of 2024 will be held this Friday, December 6th! These free, virtual, monthly meetings are focused on exploring ideas around community-based data analytics (CBDA), a collaborative approach to data that involves community members in the collection, management, and analysis of data in their communities
The aim of the Black Beyond Data Reading Group is to gather people (researchers, faculty, community activists) who have an interest in Black community-based data analytics to critically research and study social issues to initiate transformative change in Black communities.
Our last guest speaker of the season will be Dr. Tonia Sutherland!
Dr. Tonia Sutherland is Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Development in the School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to joining the faculty at UCLA, Sutherland was an assistant professor in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama. Sutherland holds a PhD and an MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Computing and Information (formerly the School of Information Studies), and a BA in history, performance studies, and cultural studies from Hampshire College. Global in scope, Sutherland’s research focuses on entanglements of technology and culture, with particular emphases on critical and liberatory work within the fields of archival studies, digital studies, and science and technology studies.
Sutherland is an internationally recognized expert in data futures (particularly data longevity and digital immortality), Black digital archives, and Black Memory Work. Her work critically examines the analog histories of modern information and communication technologies; addresses trends of racialized violence in 21st century digital cultures; and interrogates issues of race, gender, and culture in archival and digital spaces. In her work, Sutherland focuses on various infrastructures–technological, social, human, cultural–addressing important concerns such as gaps and vagaries; issues of equity and inclusivity; and developing more liberatory praxes.
If this sounds of interest to you, be sure to sign up to receive the details!* We'll send out a calendar invite with the Zoom link and any additional materials after you register.
We hope you can join us! Stay tuned for more details.
Yours in community,
BBD @ SFNC
*Please Note: There is no need to sign up again via link if you have already registered for the reading group in the past!