Outcomes

Publications & reports

The workshop’s collective position paper, publications drawing on its discussions, reports and conference contributions.

Central workshop outcome · Published 9 September 2026

For Whom and For What Purpose? A Position Paper on Digital Humanities and AI in African Studies

The workshop’s central outcome is a collectively authored position paper on the purposes, responsibilities and conditions of digital humanities and AI in African studies.

Frédérick Madore, Vincent Hiribarren, Agata Błoch, Albrecht Hofheinz, Ashleigh Harris, Augustin Ndione, Britta Frede, Cassandra Mark-Thiesen, Duncan Money, Emmanuel Ngue Um, Érika Melek Delgado, Fallou Ngom, Fu’ad Lawal, Irene Mwendwa, James Yékú, Janeth David Nzenga, Johannes Sibeko, Karen Byera Ijumba, Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, Leah Junck, Menno van Zaanen, Nuraddin Aman, Oumou Sidibé, Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi, and Thompson Gyedu Kwarkye

ZMO Programmatic Texts, issue 16, pp. 1–24 · Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)

DOI: 10.58144/20260827-000

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Scholarship that cites the workshop or draws on its discussions.

Journal article · English

Are We Ready Not to Know, to Unlearn, and to Learn Anew?

Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi

African Arts 59 (3): 1–9 ·

Gagliardi opens with the February 2026 Hanover workshop’s discussions of audience, aims and the limits of universal best practices. She draws on these exchanges to reflect on listening, multiple ways of knowing, and collaboration and restitution within the Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA).

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Reports & coverage

Article page from ZMO Bulletin 48, with photographs of the workshop participants and organisers.
Article preview · ZMO Bulletin 48, p. 10

Bulletin article · English

From Conversation to Co-authorship

A Workshop on Digital Humanities and AI in African Studies, 18–20 February 2026, Herrenhausen, Hanover

Frédérick Madore

ZMO Bulletin · No. 48 · p. 10 ·

A reflection on how an interdisciplinary gathering in Hanover became a collaborative writing project, bringing researchers into conversation across digital humanities, AI and African studies.

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Conference contribution

· Paris, France

REAF 2026 · French

Retour sur une note de synthèse analysant la relation entre Humanités Numériques, l’IA et les Études Africaines (Hanovre, février 2026)

Vincent Hiribarren & Frédérick Madore

Presented in the session « Humanités numériques (DH) et IA dans les études africaines » at the 9èmes Rencontres des études africaines en France (REAF).