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Artificial Memories? Developing Critical Practices for Using AI for Holocaust Memory and Education

How do we ensure that the use of AI for Holocaust memory and education is critically informed? How can AI models be used to enhance the memorialisation and pedagogical aims of the Holocaust memory and heritage sector?

Whilst there is an emerging body of theoretical literature on this topic, there still remains a dearth of empirical answers. Our working group brings together an interdisciplinary group of academics, from the cognitive and communication sciences, and humanities, and memory practitioners to explore these urgent questions. We will use a design-led research methodology and be influenced by the development of working papers to adopt a mixed-method approach combining arts and science methodologies.

We will produce:
(1) A series of short working papers.
(2) A series of reflective blog posts and/or podcasts..
(3) Two edited or co-authored collections.
(4) Preparation of funding bids to materialise ideas from the working papers.
(5) A ‘Dialogues’ series of the Landecker Digital Memory Lab’s ‘Digital Memory Dialogues’.

Main research areas

  • AI
  • Holocaust memory
  • Digital heritage
  • Holocaust education
Antragsteller:in
  • Prof. Victoria Grace Richardson-Walden, Professor of Digital Heritage, Memory and Culture, Director of the Landecker Digital Memory Lab, University of Sussex, UK
Organizer
  • Prof. Victoria Grace Richardson-Walden, Professor of Digital Heritage, Memory and Culture, Director of the Landecker Digital Memory Lab, University of Sussex, UK
Teilnehmer:innen
  • Dr Alina Boethe, Freie Universitaet, Berlin (History)
  • Dr Mykola Makhortykh, University of Bern, Switzerland (Communication Science)
  • Prof Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (Digital Media and Holocaust Memory)
  • Dr Sam Merrill, Umea University, Sweden (Digital Sociology)
  • Dr Rik Smith, University of Groningen (Media and Journalism Studies)
  • Prof Paul Verschure, SPECS Lab, Barcelona, Spain (Neuroscience)
  • Svetlana Ushakova, USC Shoah Foundation, US (Machine learning professional)
  • Yael Richler, Yad Vashem, Israel (Holocaust pedagogy expert)
  • Tessa Bouwman, Westerbork Memorial, the Netherlands (Digital expert in Holocaust memory practice – AI specialist)
Participants
  • Dr Alina Boethe, Freie Universitaet, Berlin (History)
  • Dr Mykola Makhortykh, University of Bern, Switzerland (Communication Science)
  • Prof Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (Digital Media and Holocaust Memory)
  • Dr Sam Merrill, Umea University, Sweden (Digital Sociology)
  • Dr Rik Smith, University of Groningen (Media and Journalism Studies)
  • Prof Paul Verschure, SPECS Lab, Barcelona, Spain (Neuroscience)
  • Svetlana Ushakova, USC Shoah Foundation, US (Machine learning professional)
  • Yael Richler, Yad Vashem, Israel (Holocaust pedagogy expert)
  • Tessa Bouwman, Westerbork Memorial, the Netherlands (Digital expert in Holocaust memory practice – AI specialist)
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