Value-Centric AI – Designing Sociotechnical Systems Before Legitimacy Fails

Marshallese stick charts are traditional navigational knowledge tools made from wooden or plant strips and shells (for an example see Fig. 1 ). Different chart types represented swell patterns, islands, and routes; many were studied and memorised on land rather than carried to sea. During a voyage, navigation depended on situated experience, sensory judgement, and responsibility for the course taken.