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Most recently, I came across this project and have found both the list of missing data sets to be very compelling, as well as the question the creator raises of the “advantages to nonexistence.” From the archive: "Missing data sets" are my term for the blank spots that exist in spaces that are otherwise data-saturated. My interest in them stems from the observation that within many spaces where large amounts of data are collected, there are often empty spaces where no data live.

Mexico/U.S. migration - Approximately 50% of Urequío’s population migrated permanently to the Southern California cities of Long Beach and Wilmington following the U.S. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, with continued migration occurring in subsequent years. Freeway expansion, refineries, environmental injustice in the Harbor Region - These areas face severe environmental risks--including abnormally high cancer and asthma cases--due to their proximity to the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports (Barboza 2020).

Research questions as formulated at start of fieldwork:(1) How have differently positioned people, in Mexico and the United States, been involved in the development of Urequío’s water infrastructure?(2) What processes, exchanges and communication infrastructures have supported water infrastructure innovation in Urequío?(3) How do experience of environmental vulnerability in Southern California and Urequío motivate and shape Urequío’s infrastructure innovation?(4) What kinds of knowledge infrastructure can support collaborative, community-scale environmental stewardship and infrastructure in

Community members in Urequio and Wilmington, CA; environmental justice activists or groups; researchers, activists or professionals working on questions of infrastructure

The archive was designed to push against the idea of who can be considered an expert on infrastructure, on climate resilience, on climate change, etc. It’s designed to draw attention to and hold a record of “non-professional” labor and forms of expertise. 

Yes - hosted at the Disaster STS Network https://disaster-sts-network.org/content/urequ%C3%ADo-infrastructure-ar…

At the moment, I have been taking fieldnotes by hand but once I begin to transition away from regularly scheduled interviews & begin more deliberate and structured data analysis, I can see myself using these as a place to publically share some fieldnotes.

Images, videos, text, PDFs

I’ve used artifact bundles to gather newspaper articles and reports regarding environmental issues in Southern California, particularly Wilmington and Long Beach. At first, this was a separate PECE essay but I found the bundles a much better use of space & easier to visualize.

As I continue to gather more photos and images, I think one photo essay could be on current photos of Urequio’s natural wells, which are all named and had a use (most have dried up, some have been blocked up, and one or two are being restored). Another idea is for a photo essay representing irrigation of the agricultural fields, and another for the infrastructure for running water. Together, I think these can represent the multiplicity of Urequio’s water infrastructure histories.