Marnie Chesterton

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This is Unexpected Elements from the BBC World Service.

And this week we're using Africa Day as our starting point to seek out some science.

And by we, I mean me, Marnie Chasterton in London in the UK.

And I'm joined by...

Tristan Atone in Helsinki, Finland.

And... Phyllis Mote in Nairobi, Kenya.

So each week, one of our panellists brings us a story that might have otherwise gone under the radar of global news.

And I give them bonus points if it ties into the week's theme, which this week is a celebration of an entire continent, Africa Day.

So plenty of chances to make a connection.

So who's up for this?

It's me, and I can definitely claim those points, but you're going to have to sort of follow the train of thought because the story I have this week begins in Norway.

Which is not in Africa.

That is true, but we'll get there.

What I wanted to talk about in Norway is how researchers with the Sami AI Lab at UIT, the Arctic University of Norway, are investigating how to build machine learning models that align with Sami views and norms.

Okay, and the Sami being the indigenous peoples of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and parts of Russia?

Yeah, that's correct.

Still not Africa, though.

I mean, you're being very Africa Day about this, Marnie.