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Electric South Report: AI and Immersive Media Convening for South African Artists and Researchers

Original title: Electric South Report: AI and Immersive Media Convening for South African Artists and Researchers

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Electric South

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https://electricsouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Convening-Report-Final.pdf

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Local pypdf text extraction: cover and pages 2–9 of the 21-page PDF; images and the latter part were initially unread. On 11 September 2026, physical PDF pages 18–21 were additionally checked (printed pagination skips numbers), covering conclusions, the 2025–2027 agenda and final credits; pages 10–17 remained pending. Batch 101 checked the extracted text of pages 10–17. Together, the batches cover the body text; images and layout have not been visually verified.

RESEARCH NOTE

The cover lists 11–12 November 2024, Wellington, Western Cape, with Meta funding, conflicting with the existing event page's October 2024 date. Publication is unknown and cannot be inferred from the upload path. A research PDF is in work/; its full text is not republished with the public archive. Pages 13–17 contain recommendations, expected outcomes and proposed partners, not completed collaborations or adopted policies.

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Events citing this source

Electric South convenes AI and immersive-media governance discussion

The organizer’s retrospective described ten participants from art, technology, and research meeting for two days at Diemersfontein to discuss cultural ownership, local knowledge, and ethics of digital representation. Meta supported the event.

South AfricaVisual art / Cross-disciplinaryEVT-0198

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