Abstract
I Am Matriarch is the first ethical AI-powered storytelling platform designed to reconnect global museum collections through feminist and decolonial narratives. This project addresses gaps in cross-institutional metadata, cultural representation, and digital access by offering a co-curated, multilingual, and open-access space where historically excluded women artists and their stories can be remapped across time, geography, and institutional boundaries. As founder and matriarch of the project, I lead a global, interdisciplinary team building a platform that challenges Eurocentric taxonomies and reimagines the politics of visual advocacy in the public humanities. This presentation showcase the platform’s development using participatory design, human-in-the-loop AI, and co-creation tools that allow curators, students, and educators to build narrative bridges across collections. It explores how I Am Matriarch contributes to digital heritage equity, shapes cultural conversations through ethical visual storytelling, and models a replicable digital strategy grounded in narrative justice. Attendees will gain insight into methods for designing culturally responsive media systems and the implications of AI in feminist curatorial practices. By aligning with the 2026 conference theme, This work exemplifies how technology can support new forms of authorship, advocacy, and identity in the digital museum ecosystem.
Presenters
Andrea FernandezVisiting Assistant Professor / Project Director, I Am Matriarch, History of Art and Design, The Pratt Institute, New York, United States
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KEYWORDS
AI, REPRESENTATION, MEDIA CULTURES, DIGITAL HERITAGE, STORYTELLING
