AM26 Workshop
Co-Creating Human-centered AI Literacy: Judgement, Care, Civic Participation Beyond Skills
This half-day workshop explores AI literacy beyond technical skills, emphasizing judgment, ethics, care, and civic participation. Focusing on inequalities in Global South contexts, it brings together professionals for discussions, activities, and collaboration to develop inclusive, responsible AI practices that support equitable participation, institutional resilience, and human well-being across diverse communities.
More About this Workshop
The ethical development and use of AI in libraries require robust governance and regulatory frameworks that account for the transnational nature of AI systems. A key challenge lies in defining the scope of regulation, including material (what is regulated), personal (who), territorial (where), and temporal (when) dimensions (Schuett, 2023). This workshop brings together researchers, practitioners, and users to examine experiences and perceptions of AI development and governance across diverse settings. In the hands-on development session, participants will build and evaluate AI tools and agentic systems using both code-based and no-code approaches through the TACTIC framework. Through engagement with real-world practices and user perspectives, the workshop advances best practices in AI governance and equips participants with practical strategies for responsible AI design, deployment, and oversight.
Day & Time
Friday
November 6, 2026
1 pm - 5 pm
Presenters
Lesego Makhafola | University of Pretoria
Marlene Holmner | University of Pretoria
Anika Meyer | University of Pretoria
Agenda
- Opening framing and introductions
- Conceptual framing: AI literacy, inequality, and well-being
- Small-group scenario activity
- Break
- Collaborative strategy design
- Report-back and cross-context discussion
- Synthesis and closing reflection
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