Wikipedia:Meetup/Montreal/ArtAndFeminism 2016

Event information
Please bring a laptop with you!
 * Date: Saturday, March 5, 2016
 * Time: 11:00 am - 17:00 am EST
 * Location: Concordia University, Faculty of Fine Arts Digital Image and Slide Collection, Department of Art History (EV 3.741), 1515 Ste. Catherine St. West, Montréal, QC H3G 1M8 CANADA
 * Venue: CWAHI @ Concordia Faculty of Fine Arts Slide Library 1515 Ste. Catherine St. West EV Building, Room 3.741, Montréal, QC
 * Hosts:
 * Cost: Free
 * Childcare: Childcare will be provided free of charge for this event by the Childcare Collective of QPIRG Concordia and will be located at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute (MU Building, 2170 Bishop).
 * Participants: No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend.
 * Twitter Hashtag: #ArtAndFeminism

Wikimedia’s gender trouble is well documented. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity, however, is not. Content is skewed by the lack of female participation. This represents an alarming absence in an increasingly important repository of shared knowledge.

No Wikipedia editing experience necessary. Workshops will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. Female-identified editors are particularly encouraged to attend. This is a feminist event.

Art+Feminism is a rhizomatic campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia, and to encourage female editorship. Wikipedia's gender trouble is well documented. In a 2011 survey, Wikimedia found that less than 13% of its contributors are female. The reasons for the gender gap are up for debate: suggestions include leisure inequality, how gender socialization shapes public comportment, and the contentious nature of Wikipedia's talk pages. The practical effect of this disparity, however, is not. Content is skewed by the lack of female participation. Many articles on notable women in history and art are absent on Wikipedia. We invite people of all gender identities and expressions, particularly trans- and cis-gendered women, to address this absence by organizing in-person, communal updating of Wikipedia’s entries on art and feminism.

Montréal will be hosting a third annual edit-a-thon at CWAHI. CWAHI is wheelchair accessible venue and there is access to accessible washrooms in the building. Childcare will be provided free of charge for this event by the Childcare Collective of QPIRG Concordia and will be located at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute (MU Building, 2170 Bishop). All workshops and talks will be presented in English and French. Please ask for a translation if needed. We are committed to creating a safe space for all participants.

Anne Goldenberg will offer a workshop on anti oppressive approaches to Wikipedia. Anne Goldenberg is interested in political, epistemic and poetic platforms both collaborative and participative. She has a PhD in Communications (UQAM, Montreal) and Sociology (UNice, Nice) and wrote her thesis on "the negotiation of contributions in public wikis."

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Aucune expérience de contribution à Wikipédia n'est requise. Des ateliers de formation pour les débutantes seront offerts. Les femmes s'identifiant comme telles sont particulièrement encouragées à participer. Ceci est un événement féministe

Art+Féminisme est une campagne rhizomatique dont le but est d'améliorer la couverture des femmes en arts sur Wikipédia ainsi que d'y encourager les contributions rédigées par des femmes. Le problème du genre au sein de Wikipédia est bien documenté: suite à une enquête en 2011, Wikimédia a relevé que moins de 13% des contributions sont rédigées par des femmes. Les raisons avancées pour expliquer cet écart sont multiples: certain.e.s le justifient par l'inégalité des loisirs, la façon dont la socialisation genrée forme le comportement public, ainsi que le ton querelleur des pages de discussion. Toutefois, l'effet concret de cette disparité est clair: le contenu est faussé par le manque de participation des femmes. Plusieurs articles sur des femmes importantes pour l'histoire de l'art manquent à Wikipédia. Nous invitons les personnes de toutes les identités et expressions de genre, en particulier les les femmes trans et cis, à répondre à cette absence en organisant des rencontres collaboratives de contributions et mises à jour où les participantes se concentrent sur les articles au sujet de l'art et du féminisme.

C'est au Réseau d'étude sur l'histoire des artistes canadiennes (CWAHI) que se tiendra à Montréal la troisième journée contributive annuelle. Le CWAHI est accessible en fauteuil roulant et il y a des toilettes publiques accessibles dans le bâtiment. Un service de garde sera offert gratuitement par le Childcare Collective de QPIRG Concordia et sera situé à l'institut Simone de Beauvoir (Pavillon MU, 2170 rue Bishop). Tous les ateliers et les présentations seront offerts en français et en anglais. Si vous avez besoin de traduction, n'hésitez pas à nous le demander. Nous nous engageons à créer un espace positif et sécuritaire pour tou.te.s les participant.e.s.

Anne Goldenberg offrira un atelier sur les approches anti-oppressives à Wikipédia. Anne Goldenberg s’intéresse aux aspects politiques, épistémiques et poétiques des plate-formes collaboratives et des dispositifs participatifs. Elle détient un doctorat en Communications (UQAM, Montréal) et Sociologie (UNice, Nice). Elle a rédigé sa thèse sur « la négociation des contributions dans les wikis publics ».

This event is organized by Amber Berson, with support from the Wikimedia Foundation and through the Art+Feminism platform. .

List of articles to create or edit
'''We strongly encourage new editors to begin by working in their Sandbox to create a well cited paragraph that expands existing short articles, which are called Stubs. Here is a list of 2000 stubs. Begin here: Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Stubs'''

If you do choose to begin an article, please check with an experienced Wikipedian prior to beginning to ensure that it meets Notability requirements. Once you have done that, use this form to create a Draft article:

List of articles worked on
List of Wikipedia articles attendees have created or worked to improve.

Created

 * 1) Freya Gabie
 * 2) draft: Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen

Improved

 * 1) Anne Savage
 * 2) Karen Dahl
 * 3) Black people in Ancient Roman history ‎
 * 4) Sylvie Fleury ‎
 * 5) Lisa Matthewson ‎
 * 6) World Hijab Day ‎
 * 7) Karen Dahl ‎
 * 8) Empire ISIS ‎
 * 9) Lorraine Gilbert ‎
 * 10) Jill Culiner ‎
 * 11) Marlene Creates ‎
 * 12) Petra Collins ‎
 * 13) Lynne Cohen ‎
 * 14) Lyne Charlebois ‎
 * 15) Chrystal Callahan ‎
 * 16) Reva Brooks ‎
 * 17) Dianne Bos ‎
 * 18) Marian Penner Bancroft ‎
 * 19) Melissa Auf der Maur ‎
 * 20) Joi Arcand ‎
 * 21) Raymonde April ‎
 * 22) Geneviève Cadieux ‎
 * 23) Elisabeth Meyer
 * 24) Todos Santos Cuchumatán ‎
 * 25) Anne Savage
 * 26) Anne Wheeler ‎
 * 27) Osler Library of the History of Medicine ‎

Resources for editing

 * Art+Feminism resources
 * Gender gap resources
 * [Canadian Women Art History Initiative]

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