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SUMMARY:Hopper Lecture 2026: Building Feminist Decolonial AI in Latin America
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Paola Ricaurte\, an internationally acclaimed activist and educator who integrates academia\, activism\, innovation and policymaking while building transformative anti-colonial and anti-patriarchal technologies. \nDeveloping anti-capitalist\, anti-colonial\, and anti-patriarchal technologies in contexts marked by inequality and violence requires confronting some of the deepest structural problems of our societies. In an increasingly adverse geopolitical and regional landscape\, this is not only a technical undertaking but also a challenge for feminist and decolonial praxis itself. Building alternative technological futures requires navigating political\, financial\, infrastructural\, and human capacity constraints while\, at times\, recalibrating strategies and expectations. Drawing on six years of work by the Feminist AI Network in Latin America and the Caribbean\, this talk examines efforts to advance feminist\, decolonial AI across the region. \nDr. Paola Ricaurte is a full professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey and a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. She is the co-founder of Tierra Común\, an academic and activist network committed to decolonizing data\, and leads the Latin American and Caribbean Feminist AI Network. Her work bridges academia\, activism\, innovation and policymaking\, with a central focus on human rights from decolonial and feminist perspectives. Dr. Ricaurte serves on several international expert committees\, including the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI)\, UNESCO’s AI Ethics Experts Without Borders (AIEB)\, and the Women for Ethical AI (W4EAI) platform. She was included in the 2025 TIME100 AI list of the most influential people in artificial intelligence. \nAdmission is free. Registration is required. \nSponsored by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in honour of its first president\, David Hopper. \nGuelph Institute of Development Studies
URL:https://news.uoguelph.ca/event/hopper-lecture-2026-building-feminist-decolonial-ai-in-latin-america/
LOCATION:Macdonald Stewart Hall\, 42 Macdonald St\, Guelph\, Ontario\, Canada
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