Connecting Codes brings together scholars, librarians, heritage professionals, technologists, and students to explore the evolving relationships between artificial intelligence, digital humanities, and information institutions, with a particular emphasis on African contexts and perspectives. The conference title reflects the work of connecting multiple kinds of “codes”: technical systems such as software, data, and AI models; cultural and linguistic knowledge systems; and the institutional, ethical, and professional frameworks through which information is created, interpreted, preserved, and shared.
The conference builds on a growing body of Africa-centered digital humanities and library work, including earlier convenings at the Technical University of Kenya and the Kenya National Library Service, as well as digital humanities initiatives at the University of Kansas that foreground Africa-based scholarship and diasporic perspectives.