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Towards participatory speech dataset curation: A queer case study and conceptual framework
Sep 21, 2026Brooklyn Sheppard, Anaelia Ovalle, Adina Williams +1Training Data Curation Participatory AI
University of Calgary · Meta FAIR
Editorial Alignment: A Participatory Approach to Engaging Editorial Expertise in LLM-mediated Knowledge Dissemination
Jun 18, 2026Simon Aagaard Enni, Malthe Stavning Erslev, Karl-Emil Kjær Bilstrup +1LLM Alignment Participatory AI
Aarhus University Aarhus, Denmark · University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark
AI Pluralism and the Worlds It Misses
Jun 15, 2026Rashid MushkaniAI Accountability Participatory AI
Universit´e de Montr´eal, Montr´eal, Qu´ebec, Canada · Mila – Qu´ebec AI Institute, Montr´eal, Qu´ebec, Canada
Scaling Participation in Modular AI Systems
Jun 5, 2026Shangbin Feng, Yike Wang, Weijia Shi +3Human-Centered AI Participatory AI
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. · Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
AI From the Margins (AIM): Rethinking Participatory AI Design Through the Lived Experience of Minoritized Communities
May 31, 2026Tijs Portegies, Laureanne Willems, Maaike Harbers +5Human-Centered AI Participatory AI
University of Amsterdam · 2Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences · University of Toronto
Voices in the Loop: Mapping Participatory AI
May 16, 2026Rashid MushkaniHuman-Centered AI Participatory AI
Right to AI · Mila – Québec AI Institute, Canada
Informing AI Policy Assessment using Large-Scale Simulation of Interventions
Apr 20, 2026Julia Barnett, Kimon Kieslich, Natali Helberger +1Participatory AI AI Governance
Northwestern University, USA · University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands · University of Hohenheim, Germany
Community-Led AI Integration for Wildfire Risk Assessment: A Participatory AI Literacy and Explainability Integration (PALEI) Framework in Los Angeles, CA
Apr 20, 2026Sanaz Sadat Hosseini, Mona Azarbayjani, Mohammad Pourhomayoun +1Explainable Artificial Intelligence AI Literacy
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC · California State University, Los Angeles, CA
From experimentation to engagement: on the paradox of participatory AI and power in contexts of forced displacement and humanitarian crises
Mar 23, 2026Stella Suge, Sarah W. Spencer, Nyalleng Moorosi +3Participatory AI AI Governance
Executive Director, FilmAid Kenya · Senior Researcher, The Distributed AI Research Institute · Senior Researcher, The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) +3

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Towards participatory speech dataset curation: A queer case study and conceptual framework

Brooklyn Sheppard, Anaelia Ovalle, Adina Williams, Levent Sagun

University of Calgary · Meta FAIR

Training Data Curation Participatory AI

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In this paper, we motivate the need for a participatory speech dataset creation framework through a case study of the LGBTQIA+, or queer, community - a community with documented concerns about AI and reported harms, including attempts to develop 'gaydar' technologies that purportedly identify individuals as queer. We review common speech data collection practices, why these methods may be unsuitable for engaging with queer speakers, and discuss previous efforts in participatory AI with queer community engagement, as well as participatory endeavours specific to speech data collection for other marginalized communities. From this review, we develop a conceptual framework for participatory speech data curation by, for, and with marginalized communities drawing on insights from co-design and knowledge sharing. We propose a framework comprising overlapping and two-way processes of defining a community, project formulation, modes of participation, and personal autonomy.