"What does the future of feminist art look like in the age of AI?
Artists and activists who identify as women, non-binary, trans, queer, Black, Indigenous, or people of color only make up a fraction of contributors and content subjects in Wikimedia. As generative AI plays a larger role in the internet, it is more important than ever to diversify it." (From Ann Arbor District Library's event site)
The event, held at Ann Arbor's downtown library branch on March 15th, began with a panel of experts from the University of Michigan, including STPP's Molly Kleinman, who discussed how to create a feminist, inclusive, and more equitable internet.
"It was interesting to see how all of the panelists came to the question of imagining a better internet by thinking about infrastructures of different kinds. Infrastructures of care, infrastructures of connection, and policy infrastructures," says Kleinman, "I think it's a reflection of how the internet, when it works, can serve as the invisible backbone for so many different communities and kinds of creativity."
The panel presentation was followed by a Wikipedia and Wikidata Edit-a-thon.
This event was in partnership with the University of Michigan Library and LSA Technology Services.
