Voices in the Loop: Mapping Participatory AI

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16827v1
• Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 06:07:34 GMT
• Title: Voices in the Loop: Mapping Participatory AI
• Abstract summary: Participatory approaches to artificial intelligence are increasingly documented across public, civic, and humanitarian settings.<n>This paper reports on the construction of an open repository and interactive atlas of participatory AI initiatives.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Participatory approaches to artificial intelligence are increasingly documented across public, civic, and humanitarian settings, but evidence about how participation is organized remains fragmented. This paper reports on the construction of an open repository and interactive atlas of participatory AI initiatives, using records harmonized from Maga~na and Shilton's Trustworthy AI corpus, and additional audited cases from research and practice. We contribute three elements. First, we specify a reproducible protocol for discovery, vetting, harmonization, geocoding, provenance tracking, and release-based publication of participatory AI records. Second, we report corpus-level patterns in geography, participation tiers, lifecycle loci, organizational form, verification status, and remaining documentation gaps. Documented initiatives remain concentrated in a small number of countries, while participation is most often coded at problem formulation, evaluation, and governance rather than model development or training. Third, we show how the atlas operationalizes a design and governance framework for participatory-by-default AI infrastructures through versioned releases, record-linked issue and annotation channels, schema feedback workflows, and redaction or restricted-disclosure requests. The atlas is intended to support comparative research, policy learning, and community scrutiny through a living inventory that can be updated, contested, and reused.

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