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Walking the Talk: Editing Wikipedia with Purpose In-Person
Research Series Event
Started nineteen years ago Wikipedia is one of the most visited websites on the Internet, but it’s popularity is not without issue. Editors are predominantly males from the global north which has led to documented systemic bias and a chronic underrepresentation of pages related to equity seeking communities. Drawing on her experience editing Wikipedia through an archival lens, Danielle will challenge the assumption that anyone being able to edit Wikipedia makes it a dubious information resource by positioning the site’s openness as an opportunity to put stated commitments to equity, inclusion, diversity and reconciliation into action through purposeful editing.
- Date:
- Tuesday, March 10, 2020
- Time:
- 1:30pm - 2:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship (1st Floor, Mills Library)
- Categories:
- Introduction Workshops
Bio: Danielle Robichaud works in Special Collections & Archives at the University of Waterloo Library. As Digital Archivist she is responsible for managing the creation, management and use of digitized primary resources, and improving the online discoverability of archival holdings. Her professional interests include diversifying historical narratives shared online, challenging status quo attitudes about archival practice, and finding the inner strength to accept digital sunk costs. In 2018 Danielle was awarded the James J. Talman Award by the Archives Association of Ontario for her work related to Wikipedia and the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action.