Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 37, No. 346.
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Date: 2023-12-13 22:25:43+00:00
From: Katherine Bode <katherine.bode@anu.edu.au>
Subject: CFP: Design Justice AI Global Humanities Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 30 June-13 July 2024
Proposals are invited from Early Career Researchers (with 12 years of PhD) and
Advanced Graduate Students for funded participation in a 2-week Global
Humanities Institute on “Design Justice AI” to be held at the University of
Pretoria, South Africa, from June 30-July 13 2024.
The call for proposals is here<https://criticalai.org/2023/08/01/call-for-early-
career-participants-global-humanities-institute-2024/>.
The due date for submissions is 5 January 2024.
The Design Justice AI Institute is a CHCI-Mellon supported Global Humanities
Institute<https://chcinetwork.org/programs/ghi/ghi-about>.
As commercial technologies aim to simulate and mediate human expression and
creativity at an unprecedented scale, Design Justice AI will seek
interdisciplinary standpoints and alliances that produce knowledge “from
below”: through creative collaborations between researchers, students, and
community partners. Our goal is not only to “critique” fast-developing
technologies such as chatbots and large image models, but also to envision and
promote technologies that work in the public interest: that is, safe,
accountable, and inclusive systems that are receptive to many voices.
Application Requirements: Applicants must be either advanced graduate students
or within twelve years of receiving a Ph.D. The competition is open to anyone
from anywhere in the world whose universities are affiliated with
CHCI<https://chcinetwork.org/members>. Direct affiliation with a Center is not
necessary, only affiliation with the home institution housing a Center is
required. We also welcome applications from community organizers, independent
artists/scholars, activists, librarians, K-12 teachers, social workers, and
public intellectuals with demonstrable experience working with AI-related
technologies and their impacts on communities.
The Design Justice AI Institute will fully fund roundtrip travel to,
accommodation at, and food during the 12-day event for all successful
applicants with the expectation that these participants will actively take part
in the Institute, with arrival and departure slated for June 29-July 14.
Applicants should be willing and able to commit to engaging in and contributing
to every aspect of the Institute, attending all sessions throughout the entire
Institute.
Applications have three components: (1) a statement of no more than 500 words
which demonstrates substantial interest in the themes of the Institute which
provides some sense of the form of the 20-25 minute presentation; (2) a CV of no
more than three pages; and (3) a brief travel budget so that we can estimate
aggregate cost.
The organizers recognize that “generative AI” is a complicated and multi-faceted
domain that affects different disciplines in uneven ways. We will provide
suggested readings and videos on select topics of interest (ranging from socio-
technical dimensions to design justice approaches) so as to enable all
participants to share a basic set of resources in anticipation of higher-level
interdisciplinary work.
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