THE CONVERSATION
Why this session?
When a site can be scanned and a voice can be imitated, the question is not only what technology permits. It is who consents, who benefits and what should remain uncopied.
In today's global context
AI and immersive media are reshaping cultural access worldwide. Consent, authenticity and community control need to travel with every digital representation.
Ten questions to explore
- Who can authorise a digital copy?
- Which traditions resist replication?
- How should synthetic media be labelled?
- Where can XR deepen understanding?
- What risks follow a voice clone?
- How do source communities set conditions?
- Which datasets carry hidden bias?
- How can creators be paid for reuse?
- What should visitors know about reconstruction?
- When is refusal the responsible decision?
Key outcomes we hope to shape
- An ethics review for heritage technology
- Disclosure and consent questions for digital commissions
We welcome nominations from community knowledge holders, technologists, artists and digital-rights specialists and others with relevant experience. Speaker nominations are open.
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