Ricardo Dominguez and the Question of Academic Freedom at UCSD. On March 4, 2010, Ricardo Dominguez and other members of Bang Lab participated in the student protests which took place across University of California campuses. The protests were organized to express students’ and faculty’s disagreement with the ongoing fee hikes, budget cuts, and the apparent privatization of the UC system. Dominguez and his collaborators organized a virtual sit-in on the Office of the President website, which was interpreted by school officials as a “Denial of service attack.”
Since March 4, Dominguez has been under investigation not only for the virtual sit-in, but also his research on a mobile phone tool designed to provide GPS information on the location of water, and nearby shelters and immigration centers for people crossing the U.S./ Mexico border. The University of California is considering revoking Dominguez’s tenure, which he received in 2009 after the review of the very same actions and research for which he is now being investigated. http://newmediafix.net/daily/?p=2624 _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
