Culture /ICU/ Nature/Memory/Long March Heritage Studies to Advance Ethnic Equality in China —— Collaborative Efforts towards the Heritage-studies among Universities, Governments, Museums, and Memorials in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Abstract (English)

Universities in Western China are reducing social science departments in the AI era! By merging resources and consolidating fields ranging from archaeology and classics to climatology and geography, disciplines across the social sciences have been reorganized into an interdisciplinary major focused on organic cultural systems. This means that the study of classical heritage now also looks to the future, no longer prioritizing the ancient over the modern or vice versa. The field of Heritage Studies, which has broken down the barriers between classical and modern disciplines, has integrated AI techniques while simultaneously questioning the field of AI. It represents a critique by classical studies of the shortcomings of Enlightenment Philosophy's humanistic research. Can AI join hands with academia to change the world?
Students and teachers from universities in Lanzhou, Gansu Province; Honghe, Yunnan Province; the Guizhou Institute of Industry and Trade, along with research teams from the Meigu, Eshan, and Weining Yi Society, the Tibetan Aid Association, Liangshan Wenbo Yuan, invited research teams from Memory-halls Fujian Minxi, Sidu Chishui, Weixin Zhaxi, Mianning, Huanglong Monument Park, Shenzhen Zhiju Cloud-Services Science and Technology Co., Ltd., have jointly organized this panel to discuss new heritage research in the age of AI.

Addressing issues at the heart of the relationship between classical and modern studies, our panel explores the relationship between the fate of technology and the post-Enlightenment world, the challenges technology poses to the ontology and epistemology of traditional academia, and the impact of changes in classification schemes in the modern era on the selective destruction, maintenance, and exclusion of traditional descriptive norms, among other topics.

The vast, ethnically diverse region of southwest China is home to breathtaking natural landscapes, from the northern Aba, Huanglong, Jiuzhaigou to the southern Shilin Stone Forests and Huashan Rock. How should we confront the challenges of the new technological era? How can we combine AI with natural preservation?

These issues will all be addressed in our coverage of the double-edged sword of technology. Our goal is to use a global perspective to envision a more ideal way to promote and protect the heritage of China's cultural minorities. This is also an opportunity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Long March heritage studies and to honor the contributions of Yi elder Guji Yuedan and his wife Luowu Wujia Daermo, Marshal Liu Bocheng, Marshal Nie Rongzhen, General Xiao Hua, and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De, whose legacies continue to inspire our efforts to preserve and advance the rich cultural heritage of China.