From 4 to 6 March 2026, the Centre for Advanced Study “Access to Cultural Goods in Digital Change” held a conference entitled “Digital Curating: Ethics of Access and Sustainability”. The conference addressed changes in curatorial practices in the wake of digital transformation and the resulting ethical, ecological and social challenges. Experts from museums, universities and cultural institutions discussed how digital technologies are expanding access to cultural heritage, challenging existing hierarchies and enabling new forms of participatory knowledge production. The focus was on questions of authenticity, representation and responsibility in dealing with digital artefacts, reproductions and virtual spaces. The possibilities and risks of artificial intelligence for curatorial processes and the ecological impact of digital infrastructures also were addressed. The aim of the conference was to open up perspectives on sustainable and equitable cultural access in the digital age and to bring together the aesthetic, ethical and ecological dimensions of globally networked cultural practice.

Videos “Digital Curating” – Day 1

Prof. Dr. Marie-France Rafael (Zurich University of the Arts): ”Curating with the Carrier Bag: Institutional Critique and Feminist Collectivity in the Digital Realm?“

Further videos will be published shortly.