Hidden Academia
This project has been entered for the Microsoft Imagine Cup Jr. 2020 under the AI for Cultural Heritage category.
Problem
Adolescence is a time of discovering your identity where gender and race play a huge role, so what happens when minority students cannot find themselves in the ever-evolving book we call history? Textbooks define what is considered significant in history, so through the exclusion of minorities a dangerous message is sent: you are not important enough. According to Taylor Giarrizo, this can result in “the student’s skewed perceptions of minorities [which] can create disconnected and ignorant inter-group relationships. Barriers are formed and tensions are created as a partial result of what is being taught through textbooks”.
Description
A cross-platform app which allows the user to scan the faces of historical figures in their textbooks and suggests alternative historical figures who have also contributed significantly to a similar field. However, the individual provided will be a person whose achievements may have been hidden away because they happen to be a member of a minority group.
Role
This project wouldn’t be possible without my teammates Divya Malhotra, Farah Malaika, and Syazmin Syahwira. My role revolved around programming and developing the app prototype in Xamarin.
Skills
- C#
- Xamarin.Forms
- Web scraping
- Microsoft Computer and Custom Vision
- Machine Learning
- Collaboration
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