Students, faculty and staff are welcome to join this interdisciplinary working group that will explore the intersection of new digital technologies and urban displacement. Drawing inspiration from Mindy Thompson Fullilove's concept of "root shock" - the traumatic uprooting of communities - we conceptualize urban displacement as a process involving forced population movement from established housing and neighborhoods, typically resulting from redevelopment processes initiated by the state, including urban renewal, freeway building, and slum clearance. While a significant body of work addresses the causes and processes of urban displacement, our working group seeks to understand how new technologies can tell stories before, during, and after displacement. Sponsored by the Levan Institute for the Humanities and the Ahmanson Lab.