Special thanks to my colleague, Dr. David Pate, for inviting me to run a two-day workshop with his undergrad, master's, and PhD students on the practice and politics of policy analysis. His class explores the ways policies shape the interiors of family life and livelihood. 1/

1/ Special thanks to UCLA's Dept. of Information Studies for inviting me to kick-off this speaker series. In "Critical Memory Work: Re-tooling Design Methods to Re-remember," I discuss two projects that outline how local forms of 'elite capture' shape design practices in public + social innov. (US)

19/ …and deeply engages with five key texts: 1) Bordering Designs, Contestation Designs by Silvia Mata Marín, 2) Elite Capture by Olúfẹ́mi o. Táíwò, 3) Design Justice by Sasha Costanza-Chock, 4) Asian Americanist Critique by Kandice Chuh, and 5) Under Western Eyes by Chandra Talpade Mohanty.

Yup. Also read Elite Capture by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, how it shapes collective memory, storytelling, and the formation of tropes (fueled by elites, pun intended).

In my 20 years as a Los Angeles resident, I have never witnessed anything like this week's series of wildfires. It's frightening and infuriating. Thinking of everyone in LA. Photos from this morning. #Angelenos #LAFire #LosAngeles