Telling stories, making Hanzi: AI-assisted co-creation with elderly migrants in urban China
This paper details a co-creation workshop where elderly migrants in urban China used AI to create new Hanzi characters that represent their personal stories. The AI acted as a facilitator, suggesting glyphs that participants then refined and crafted. This process served as a tool for memory anchoring and sharing, challenging assumptions about older adults' digital literacy and capacities. The research offers a framework for using AI as a supportive tool in community memory projects. AI
IMPACT Demonstrates AI's potential as a creative facilitator for cultural preservation and community engagement.