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Ogo Maduewesi

Appearance Positive Institute (APi)

Independent

Founder

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

5

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100

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0

Scholarly Papers (5)

1.

When AI Misreads the Human Face: Algorithmic Homogenization and the Erasure of Human Appearance Differences

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 04 May 2026 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2026
Ogo Maduewesi
Appearance Positive Institute (APi)
Downloads 27 (1,436,435)

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Appearance Intelligence (AQ), Algorithmic Homogenization, Appearance Differences, AI Ethics, Algorithmic Bias

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Appearance Epidemiology
A Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Distribution and Determinants of Appearance-Based Inequality

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 25 Mar 2026
Ogo Maduewesi
Appearance Positive Institute (APi)
Downloads 26 (1,424,331)

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Appearance Epidemiology, Lookism, Visible Difference, Skin Conditions, Colorism, Structural Inequality, Gendered Appearance Penalties, Social Determinants of Health

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Visible Difference Beyond Disability: Toward an Appearance-Centered Framework

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 10 Jun 2026
Ogo Maduewesi
Appearance Positive Institute (APi)
Downloads 25

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Visible Difference, Human Appearance Differences, Appearance Epidemiology, Psychosocial Well-being, Disability, Lookism, Appearism, Algorithmic Homogenization, WHA Resolution WHA78.15, Appearance-Centered Framework, AI Ethics, Digital Representation, African Lived Experience, Structural Inequality

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The Body as Data, The Patient as Absent Institutional Extraction, AI Inheritance, and the Case for Appearance Dignity in Healthcare

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 06 Jul 2026 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2026
Ogo Maduewesi
Appearance Positive Institute (APi)
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Founder, The Appearance Positive (TAP), Originator, Appearance Epidemiology, Ashoka Fellow tapmovement.org, ogomaduewesi.com, Health AI ethics, Algorithmic bias in dermatology, Appearance Epidemiology, Institutional Extraction, Appearance Dignity, Patient dignity, Digital health equity, Epistemic injustice in healthcare, Visible difference, AI training data bias

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Appearance Epidemiology: A Provocation

Maduewesi, O. (2026). Appearance Epidemiology: A Provocation. APi Working Paper No. 1, Version 2.0. Appearance Positive Institute (APi). https://institute.tapmovement.org
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Jun 2026
Ogo Maduewesi
Appearance Positive Institute (APi)
Downloads 11

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Appearance Epidemiology, Structural Inequality, Lookism, Appearism, Primary Stratification System, Structural Silences, Appearance Privilege, GAIIx, AI Ethics, African Lived Experience, Provocation