European Association for Digital Humanities 2026
15-19 September 2026
Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions on that day or at that location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
|
Daily Overview |
| Session | |
|
LP12: Same Old Story? Cliché, Colonialism, and Community in the Age of AI Location: Room 505, al. Mickiewicza 9b Session Chair: Christopher Nunn | |
| Presentation 2 | |
Data Colonialism and Indigenous Data Sovereignty in Generative AI for Endangered Languages Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China) This presentation paper critically reviews recent initiatives to employ artificial intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs), for the revitalization of Indigenous languages. Structured by geographical contexts, the analysis includes Irish Gaelic (Europe), Māori (Aotearoa/New Zealand, Oceania), Guaraní (Paraguay/Bolivia, South America), and Inuktitut (Canada, North America). Applying a theoretical framework grounded in data colonialism and Indigenous data sovereignty, the article examines the key achievements in different regional endeavors, as well as investigate how government-led projects and Big Tech collaborations across these diverse contexts navigate (or fail to navigate) issues of data extraction, community consent, cultural representation, and ownership. Through this lens, the article identifies specific ethical pitfalls as well as commendable practices that either reproduce colonial dynamics or empower Indigenous communities. Rather than a comparative analysis, this critique emphasizes regional and contextual nuances, arguing that authentic community agency and rigorous adherence to Indigenous data sovereignty principles are vital to ensuring ethical AI practices and meaningful linguistic revitalization. | |
