Panel Discussion: Open Access + Wikipedia
Location
Central Library - Parlor (6th Floor)
Start Date
25-10-2018 10:00 AM
End Date
25-10-2018 11:30 AM
Description
The Trouble with Disability: Wikipedia’s Problem with “Neutrality” and “Reliability”
Dr. Olivia Banner, UT Dallas
This talk describes a Wikipedia editing project undertaken by undergraduates in my Health, Disability, and Media course. Wikipedia’s systemic bias around gender and race is well-documented; less so is its bias around disability, and even less discussed is that its core principles sit uneasily with core principles in disability studies and activism. I will explain how, in light of this, my class edited key disability-related pages.
Incorporating HERstory into Wikipedia: Examining Gender Bias on the world’s encyclopedia
Samantha Dodd, SMU/UTA
This talk examines the problematic gender bias found in Wikipedia’s content and also its content creators. I will also explain the steps taken by UT Arlington Libraries and the Department of Women and Gender Studies in 2018 to develop programming and instruction on editing, expanding, and creating new content on Wikipedia related to these minority groups.
Continental breakfast provided.
Recommended Citation
Banner, Olivia and Dodd, Samantha, "Panel Discussion: Open Access + Wikipedia" (2018). Open Access Week. 6.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/oaweek/2018/1/6
Panel Discussion: Open Access + Wikipedia
Central Library - Parlor (6th Floor)
The Trouble with Disability: Wikipedia’s Problem with “Neutrality” and “Reliability”
Dr. Olivia Banner, UT Dallas
This talk describes a Wikipedia editing project undertaken by undergraduates in my Health, Disability, and Media course. Wikipedia’s systemic bias around gender and race is well-documented; less so is its bias around disability, and even less discussed is that its core principles sit uneasily with core principles in disability studies and activism. I will explain how, in light of this, my class edited key disability-related pages.
Incorporating HERstory into Wikipedia: Examining Gender Bias on the world’s encyclopedia
Samantha Dodd, SMU/UTA
This talk examines the problematic gender bias found in Wikipedia’s content and also its content creators. I will also explain the steps taken by UT Arlington Libraries and the Department of Women and Gender Studies in 2018 to develop programming and instruction on editing, expanding, and creating new content on Wikipedia related to these minority groups.
Continental breakfast provided.