UC San Diego Department of Communication

06/18/2022

On June 10, 2022, we celebrated the retirement of Distinguished Professor Daniel Hallin at Bread and Salt with friends, family, and colleagues. We heard stories and accolades from Dean Carol Padden, Robert Horwitz, Boatema Boateng, Gary Fields, Antonieta Mercado (University of San Diego), and Charles Briggs (UC Berkeley).

A short video was screened compiling the testimonials of current and former graduate students and colleagues produced by Patty Ahn and Bobby Shibo . Dan received collective gifts and cards from the department and enjoyed an evening of camaraderie.

Congratulations, Dan!

To view more photos visit out website in bio link

04/29/2022

Join us today for a hybrid online/in person event launching the Democracy Lab starting at noon. WEBINAR LINK: https://t.co/OChHXJdbgc

04/22/2022

The UC San Diego Department of Communication is pleased to invite you to the launch of its new DEMOCRACY LAB!

Friday, April 29, 12 - 5:30pm

The event will feature a conversation about “Journalism and Racial Justice” between Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wesley Lowery and award-winning book author Allissa V. Richardson (University of Southern California). In addition, recipients of DEMOCRACY LAB research grants will present their community-focused research projects. Support for this event also comes from The Yankelovich Center. 

This will be a hybrid event combining virtual panels with in-person viewing at the Public Engagement Building. 

Lunch and afternoon refreshments will be served on the terrace of PEB 721. 
Learn more and RSVP at link in bio

The DEMOCRACY LAB at UC San Diego brings together scholars, community organizers, activists, educators, and practitioners to advance participatory democracy. We convene conversations, support collaborative research, and host a media lab for experimenting with media-making practices. 

More information: democracylab.ucsd.edu

04/11/2022

Congratulations to Professor Zeinabu irene Davis for receiving a Spark Award in support of her Sojourner Truth hybrid documentary project. This was a competitive award process, supported through the NEH and an important honor that will be instrumental in helping her on the road to completing the film. There were over 200 applicants, and they are providing $50,000 to each of 36 projects.

03/29/2022

Ursula Biemann’s Video Essay Forest Mind and a Round Table Discussion on Co-creating an Indigenous Biocultural University in Colombia

Screening: Forest Mind, 2021, Video Essay, 31 min, directed by Ursula Biemann
March 24th- 31st available for viewing online in Spanish and English language versions.

Roundtable Discussion: Co-creating an Indigenous Biocultural University in Colombia
Hybrid online and in-person event with presenters in Zurich, Southern Colombia, and San Diego. Simultaneous translation in English and Spanish provided. Lunch reception to follow.
March 30th, 10am - 12:30pm PST

Organized by the UCSD Department of Communication in conjunction with their Democracy Lab Initiative and Cosponsored by the Latin American Studies Program, Department of Anthropology, the Education Studies Department, the Linguistics Department, the Department of Theatre and Dance, the Department of Sociology, the Department of Visual Arts, The Department of Ethnic Studies, the Native American and Indigenous Studies Program, the Global Indigenous Peoples Group, the Institute for the A­mericas, the UCSD Green New Deal, and the Nature, Space & Politics Research Group. Additional Support provided by the Division of Social Sciences Special Initiatives Fund.DISCUSSANTS
Ana Gloria (Martha) Rodriguez (Kumeyaay, San José de la Zorra) is a community leader, weaver, potter, tribal singer and dancer, and Kosay Kumeyaay Market curator and proprietor who promotes the art and craft of the Yuman tribes of the US-Mexico southwest border region.
Stanley Rodriguez (Kumeyaay, Santa Ysabel) is a community leader, professor of language, history, and culture at Kumeyaay Community College, tribal singer, and maker of traditional boats, tools, and instruments.

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03/29/2022

For more information and to register for this event please visit: https://communication.ucsd.edu/democracy-lab/demlab-events.html

Thursday, March 31, 2022 - Q***r Indigenous Feminism and Indigenous Movements in Media
Live Taping 5-6:15pm (PST) - Zoom Webinar

Critical Gender Studies and the Democracy Lab present with support from the Black Studies Project and the Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, a live taping of the Red Power Hour Podcast where Indigenous members of The Red Nation gather round the laptop to chat about the latest from Indian Country with merciless Indian humor. Join hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz in conversation with Tommy Pico and Chad Charlie, both writers for the hit FX series Reservation Dogs, on Indiginous representation in Hollywood, what it means to participate in an Indigenous lead and produced commercial television show and many other topics around the production of Native media.

Workshop from 3-4pm (PST) - Zoom Workshop Registration

Undergrads and Grad students! Please join us for a special one hour workshop on Indigenous media production hosted by The Red Nation members Jennifer Marley and Uahikea Maile. This workshop will be conducted in a Zoom room in order to provide maximum participation and direct conversation with our workshop hosts. Seating is limited so please sign up for a spot here (you must be logged into your UCSD email).

These programs are supported in part by a co-sponsorship from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Any views or opinions expressed in these programs are solely those of the speaker(s) and/or organizer(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the Office of the Vice Chancellor.

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02/13/2022

Colloquium with David Philipps, New York Times, author of Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy Seals."

Presented by the Department of Communication in conjunction with the Democracy Lab Initiative.

Date: Friday, Mar 4, 2022

Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm

Location: Department of Communication (MCC) Rm. 201 with pizza served on the patio at 1pm.

01/31/2022

Reposted from Professor Zeinabu Davis 🎬🎬🎬
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Happy to let you know that the Digital Gym in San Diego has reopened! It’s downtown now & is currently screening selected Sundance Film Festival. Grateful to be able to attend the festival in some kind of way!!!

10/08/2021

Professor Zeinabu Irene Davis Zeinabu Irene Davis attended at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles where she enjoyed the company of her fellow film school alumni.

"I was reunited with my beloved LA Rebellion family as we celebrated Haile Gerima who was the inaugural recipient of the Vantage award."

Fellow alumna Ava Duvernay shared a few photos of Professor Davis reposted here:

"Last night, filmmaker and educator Haile Gerima was honored by with the inaugural Vantage Award. He spoke his truth when he took the stage. It was moving and powerful to those who are attuned to such truths - and to those willing and wanting to be attuned. It was a night to shine light on an artist deserving of more attention on his work. A night for him to bask in the camaraderie of his family and close friends, who were present. A night to celebrate an inclusive museum for cinema around the world. It was a very good night. Thank you to the Academy Museum board, leadership and staff for making it so. And thank you, Maestro Gerima, for showing me the path and how to walk it.

[pictured: haile gerima, shirikiana gerima, charles burnett, arthur jafa, ernest dickerson, julie dash, zeinabu irene davis, ben caldwell, johnny simmons, mulu gerima, merawi gerima]"

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09/15/2021

Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, Muslims in the United States say they are still experiencing discrimination and prejudices.

04/02/2021

Are you interested in applying for our Honors Program? Professor Thomas Schmidt answers your frequently asked questions about the application process, program structure, and benefits students experience from the program. For more information visit out website: https://communication.ucsd.edu/undergrad/current-students/honors-program/index.html

Are you interested in applying for the UC San Diego Dept of Communication Honors Program? Our program adviser Dr. Thomas Schmidt talks about the application ...

03/19/2021

Statement on Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes & the Atlanta Shooting:

Hatred is a powerful communicator. The lives taken from families, friends, loved ones in Atlanta this week exact an immediate devastating toll that screams out now and speaks into an unfolding future. The overwhelming immediacy of this devastation threatens to transform the lives of 8 people—among them, 6 women of Asian descent and 4 ethnic Koreans—into a spectre of expected yet unpredictable racialized attacks that haunt our Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) family. We must reject every aspect of this attack and condemn the hate it conveys...

To read the entire statement please visit our website: https://communication.ucsd.edu/about/atlanta-massacre-statement.html

UC San Diego Department of Communication Statement on Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes & the Atlanta Shooting