Call for Application: LSA 2025, Teaching Critical AI Literacy

The Lagos Studies Association Teaching Committee is happy to announce our inaugural preconference pedagogy workshop on “Teaching Critical AI Literacy” at LSA 2025.

We invite applications for this three-day workshop, during which participants will engage in guided readings and discussion activities. Keep in mind this will not be a workshop on how to use so-called AI technologies and large language models like Chat-GTP and Gemini. In this workshop, we will approach these technologies with a critical lens, paying attention to a range of concerns, including environmental, labor, privacy, and intellectual property that should concern students more than saving time (if LLMs do indeed even save any time). Once we have a firm critical foundation in place, we will move on to contrasting Afrocentric approaches to AI usage and ethics with those from the Global North.

Selected applicants will receive free conference registration (including breakfast, lunch, and dinner each day), nine nights of hotel accommodation, and a transportation allowance from June 13 to 21, 2025.

Deadline

April 1, 2025

Eligibility

1) Instructional staff in a tertiary institution in Nigeria. E.g. instructor, lecturer, professor.

2) Fields include the arts and humanities, social sciences, and education, among other interdisciplinary fields.

Requirements

1) A 300-word letter of intent/motivation detailing why it is important for you to develop the skills to teach critical AI literacy. Be sure to acknowledge the critical nature of this workshop.

2) Curriculum vitae

Submit these materials by the end of the day on April 1st: https://forms.gle/jqbWKv29SVuV22Ar5