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Panel 2: Decolonial technology design

Venue: AIAS, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B, building 1630, room 301

Online: https://aarhusuniversity.zoom.us/j/66007806381

Meeting ID: 660 0780 6381

Organizers: Christian Ulrik Andersen, Aarhus University; Rachel Charlotte Smith, Aarhus University; Gertraud Koch, Hamburg University & Louis Fendji, University of Ngaoundéré

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

  • Online presence is free, and you are welcome to share the conference link with students and colleagues.
  • Online presenters are required to log on 15 mins in advance of the session.
  • Presentations are 15 mins + 5 mins Q&A. At the end of each session, we will collectively share our reflections. We invite all to take part, including online participants.
  • For collective reflections during the panel (for all audience), please use our etherpad: ctp.cc.au.dk/pad/p/Sanord2025_panel2

PROGRAMME

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 13

[12:00-12:45 – LUNCH AT BSS CANTEEN. NB! 15 MINS WALK TO AIAS]

13:00-15:00 – DECOLONIZING AI - SUSTAINABILITY & HEALTH

Moderator: Christian Ulrik Andersen

Retrofitting AI-driven hydroponics micro-farming across global South(s) and North(s)

Rachel Charlotte Smith, Sarina Till, Rikke Hagensby Jensen, Bjarke Vognstrup Fog, Taryn Wilson, Reece Wanwig, Mikkel Øbom Feddersen, Oliver Giandrup Klausen, Gustav Dyngby Johannesen, Casper Lyngholm Bertelsen, Chris MuAshekele, Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Aarhus University, Varsity College Durban, Namibia University of Science and Technology

Decolonizing AI & Tech: Equity, Inclusion & Innovation (ONLINE)

Junaid Sattar Butt, Dalia Kadry Abdelaziz – Islamabad Bar Council, Pakistan

Mentorship, AI and Digital Acceleration: Building Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems through Cross-Regional Collaboration

Kari H. Voldsund, Glenn Hole – University of South-Eastern Norway

Micro-digester technology: A solution for energy crisis and climate change in rural households of Limpopo Province?

Dikeledi Manyekwane, Phetoho Rasebechele, Clare Kelso, Kristy Langerman – University of Limpopo

Decolonizing AI Toolchains: Innovative Pathways for Equitable Access to Medical Knowledge for maternal and child health care

Seid Muhie Yimam, Katrin Schöning-Stierand, Rahel Bekele Teklegiorgis, Martin Semmann – University of Hamburg & Addis Abeba University

[15:00-15:30 – COFFEE BREAK AT AIAS]

15:30-17:00 – CRYPTO, CYBERSECURITY & DECOLONISATION

Moderator: Gertraud Koch

Decolonial Crypto-Philanthropy (ONLINE)

Itumeleng Kgololo-Ngowi, Georg Schmerzeck – Central University of Technology, University of Gothenburg

Ruto Must Go: Generation Z, Bitcoin, and the Second Decolonisation

Samwel Moses Ntapanta – Aarhus University

The Need for the Decolonisation of Approaches Used in the Development of a Cybersecurity Framework for Rural Schools in South Africa

Layane Mabasa – University of Limpopo

 

 

THURSDAY AUGUST 14

[10:00-10:30 – COFFEE BREAK AT AIAS]

10:30-12:30 – DECOLONIZING AI: KNOWLEDGE & INNOVATION

Moderator: Rachel C. Smith

Newsroom Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and the reproduction of Coloniality: Perceptions of Zimbabwean Journalists

Tendai Joseph Chari – University of Venda

Generative AI as decolonial technology tool for education in Africa

Jussi S. Jauhiainen – University of Turku

Digitalising learning in the Global South - the experiences of a home- grown South African maths program.

Kjetil Torp – Awarenet / Rhodes University

Building Sustainable Entrepreneurial University Ecosystems through Cross-Cultural Innovation and Mobility

Kari H Voldsund, Inger Beate Pettersen, Stuart Henry – University of South- Eastern Norway

Navigating AI Ethics in Academic Research: Innovation, Integration, and Cultural Bias in Sub-Saharan Africa

Stanley Nhamoinesum Tanya De Villiers-Botha – Stellenbosch University

[12:30-13:30 CONFERENCE LUNCH AT BSS CANTEEN]

Abstracts

Revised 09.03.2026
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Mia Korsbæk