#3 Reshape Reality – Questioning Claims of Neutrality for Inclusive TechnoFutures

Ana Valdivia, Data Ecofeminism in FAccT ’25: Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency

In this paper, Ana Valdivia proposes a critical rethinking of GenAI’s proliferation through an ecofeminist framing. Historically, this framing has interrogated the role of science and technology in the context of gender and environmental justice. The paper therefore introduces seven data ecofeminist principles delineating a pathway for developing technological and just transition alternatives within the AI research context. Valdivia emphasizes a critical examination of this technology’s role, while taking into account the current socio-ecological challenges. The paper calls for an urgent reassessment of the GenAI innovation race. In particular Valdivia is strongly advocating for ecological and feminist technological projects that make the planet, people, and life a priority.

We recommend Charlotte Kerner’s “We are Volcanoes” as background reading. The book provides insights into the beginnings of the ecofeminist movement. It is portraying the writer Rachel Carson, the researcher Lynn Margulis, and the philosopher Donna Haraway.

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