Send message to Authors

Paper short abstract

Ecophora contests hegemonic AI imaginaries by reclaiming Narrative Sovereignty. Utilizing a chatbot filter grounded in ecosophy, we examine the "narrative footprint" of digital logic. Through sympoietic cocreation, we argue for democratized infrastructures to foster resilient, planetary futures.

Paper long abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine the "narrative footprint" of digital logic and its impact on social knowledge during the planetary crisis. The main point is that Artificial Intelligence (AI) serves as a primary site for the fabrication of power and the consolidation of hegemonic sociotechnical imaginaries. Drawing on Jasanoff’s (2015) framework of sociotechnical imaginaries and Beck et al.’s (2021) exploration of lived expectations, we analyze how AI architectures enforce epistemic injustice by marginalizing diverse ecological knowledge.

We explore Ecophora, a chatbot filter, as a multidisciplinary intervention to reclaim Narrative Sovereignty. Trained on an ecosophy framework incorporating indigenous knowledge and ecological linguistics, Ecophora explicitly contests asymmetric power dynamics. Central to this work are co-creation workshops and eco-awareness webinars, framed as sites of ontological struggle and reflexive modernity (Beck, 1992). By "making-with" (Haraway, 2016) marginalized groups, these interventions facilitate a sympoietic redesign of the narrative filter.

Through the pillars of Narrative Sovereignty and Radical Creativity, Ecophora transforms the AI interface into a shared resource for "pattern-breaking." We argue that resilient futures require a radical democratization of digital logic, ensuring that the infrastructures driving technology are rooted in the diverse ecological aspirations necessary for a sustainable "more than now."

Keywords: Sociotechnical Imaginaries, Narrative Sovereignty, Sympoiesis, Reflexive Modernity, Epistemic Justice.