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 "What Makes AI Invisible: Cultural Heritage in an Algorithmic Environment" Webinar

Online
11/02/2026
11/02/2026

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Webinar Themes​

  • The AI challenge reframed: not job replacement but invisible environmental change 
  • Six hidden effects: flattening of arrangement, displacement of encounter, valorization of the describable, homogenization of interpretation, simulation of wisdom, disembodiment of heritage 
  • Practical AI applications: what AI does well for cultural heritage work 
  • Human irreplaceability: what AI cannot do—preserving, witnessing, meaning-making, embodied connection 

​​Webinar​ Speaker​

Dr. Maria Mazzenga   ​​ 

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Information Sciences, The Catholic University of America 
  • Two decades of experience as an archivist and curator. 
  • Teaches graduate courses on digital libraries, cultural heritage institutions, and public programming in LAMs. 
  • Currently directing a Catholic national archives directory project. 
  • Research interests include the intersection of technology, mission-driven curation, and information ethics. 
  • Published articles, book chapters on cultural heritage, archives, history ​