Ethical Design for Critical New Curating with Marginalized Communities

• Project/Area Number: 25K15778
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 90010:Design-related
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: SARANTOU MELANIE 九州大学, 芸術工学研究院, 教授 (60981868)
• Project Period (FY): 2025-04-01 – 2029-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2028: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
• Keywords: Critical curation / Dominant technologies / Social design / Creative use of AI / Marginalisation

Outline of Research at the Start

This research will elucidate how critical curating can better support curators working with marginalized groups (e.g., Indigenous peoples and minorities) using AI approaches, storytelling, and art-making to implement more ethical practices to protect these groups and individual’s ICIP.