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Revisiting cyberfeminism: edit-a-thon & readings

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Event Details:

  • 🗓 Date: 07-08th December 2024
  • 🕒 Berlin from 11am, online schedule see event details
  • 📍 Location I: Lindenstraße 91, 10969 Berlin (Ground floor), Enter via E.T.A-Hoffmann Promenade
  • 📍 Location II: Online (link follows after registration)

Berlin and online, 7 to 8 December 2024 + online follow up, 14th December 2024

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From Saturday 7th to Sunday 8th of December 2024, we will meet in Berlin to revisit the concept of cyberfeminism and how Wikipedia articles about cyberfeminism can be read and understood in various ways across different language versions. We want to discuss as well as refresh them by adding current expertises and experiences. How do we connect ourselves with the term cyberfeminism, as we do feminist work in a technological landscape such as Wikimedia? This discursive workshop will be supplemented by readings.

Parralel to the gathering in Berlin, there is an online workshop hosted by Khoj Studios, New Delhi - open to a global public. On December 14th, 2024, there is an online follow up event for open questions and final edits.

Please register for the event until December 6th, 2024 via revisiting.cyberfeminism@proton.me

Please indicate whether you will participate online or on site in Berlin. Please also let us know if you need an Wikipedia-introduction or if you already have some editing-knowledge. If required, introductions will take place to explain how Wikipedia is edited. The idea is that different people with different language skills are present, the common language is expected to be English.

Revisiting Cyberfeminism is an initiative by Wiki Riot Squad, Who writes his_tory?, and Athina Petsou. It is a cooperation with bildwechsel/GuterGrund GmbH, Khoj Studios, and financially supported by Wikimedia.

Event Details - BERLIN - on site

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hosted by Wiki Riot Squad, Who writes his_tory? & Athina Petsou

🕒 7th Dec

11 am - 6.30 pm CET

8 pm CET public reading session (without prior registration)

🕒 8th Dec

11 am - 5 pm CET

Event Details - online

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hosted by Khoj Studios New Delhi & Daniela Brugger

🕒 7th Dec

11 am - 2.30 pm BERLIN, CET  

3.30 pm - 7 pm NEW DELHI, IST

🕒 8th Dec

11 am - 4 pm BERLIN, CET  

3.30 pm - 7.30 pm NEW DELHI, IST

Event Details - FOLLOW UP - online

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hosted by Khoj Studios New Delhi, Wiki Riot Squad, Who writes his_tory? & Athina Petsou

🕒 14th Dec (optional)

11 am - 2 pm BERLIN, CET

3.30 pm - 6.30 pm NEW DELHI, IST

Detailed Program

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SATURDAY

December 7th

ON SITE - BERLIN

Central European Time

ONLINE

Central European Time

ONLINE

Indian Standard Time

Good to know
Start & welcome: arrival & coffee 11.00 11 am 3.30 pm
Online gathering:
  • Introduction of the topic/structure
  • Short introduction round of participants
  • Forming Editing Groups - who works on what language version or content?
 11.15 - 13.00 11.15 am - 1.00 pm 3.45 - 5.30 pm all participants meet online

english is presumably the common language - please let us know if you prefer other languages/translations

Break: beverages & food 13.00 1.00 pm 5.30 pm
Editing instructions for beginners:
  • optional
 14.00 - 14.30 2 - 2.30 pm 6.30 - 7.00 pm optional for those who need it
Editing:
  • The online space stays open to connect, individual use of the online space
 14.30 - 18.30 2.30 pm - 4.30 pm 7.00 pm - 9pm online official end 2.30 pm respectively 7.00 pm

the online space is optional to join, otherwise independent/individual editing time

Break: beverages & food 18.30
Readings 20.00 recorded readings w/ Vimeo Link? (tbc)
SUNDAY

December 8th

ON SITE - BERLIN

Central European Time

ONLINE

Central European Time

ONLINE

Indian Standart Time

Good to know
Online check in 11.00 - 11.30 am 3.30 - 4 pm
  • Questions?
  • What was read or edited so far?
  • What would should be read or edited?
Arrival & coffee 11.00
Editing:
  • The online space stays open to connect, individual use of the online space
 11.30 11.30 am - 1.30 pm 4 - 6 pm the online space is optional to join, otherwise independent/individual editing time
Break: beverages & food 13.00 1.30 pm 6 pm
Hybrid roundtable: online & on site 14.00 - 15.00 2 - 3 pm 6.30 - 7.30 pm all participants meet online
  • exchange round: experiences, observations, feelings
  • official ending online at 7.30pm
  • infos about the follow up event on December 14th
Writing and open discussion 16.00 The space in Berlin stays open until 18.00 for conversations & editing
Optional editing until 18.00

Workshop details

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Cyberfeminism describes the efforts of feminists theorising, critiquing, and re-reading the internet as a space of empowerment, focusing on how biased technology could challenge or reinforce gender norms. This movement emerged in the early 1990s to explore and challenge the power structures embedded in technology and online platforms, questioning who controls information, who gets to participate, and how gender influences and is influenced by these dynamics.

Wikipedia is one of the most visited and influential community knowledge platforms online. Yet, wikipedia still has significant gaps in content related topics about women, queer people and other marginalised groups, which has been a base for a feminist critique. As we see it, it would have been a prime site for cyberfeminist activism. However, when it launched after the millenium, cyberfeminist action already began to fade away. Furthermore, cyberfeminist topics, activists and groups are currently underrepresented in the online encyclopedia.

In this workshop, we will update and expand Wikipedia articles on cyberfeminism across different language regions. We want to re-read and re-search the movement of cyberfeminism within and through the framework of Wikipedia. By contributing to Wikipedia collaboratively, we engage in an act of knowledge production that challenges the systemic biases inherent to the platform. The movement of cyberfeminism itself has also often been critiqued for being biased, as it was represented by predominantly white, Western, and cisgender women, overlooking the experiences of women of color, trans individuals, and those outside of the Western digital context. This exclusion reflects broader patterns of marginalization in feminist movements and highlights the need for more intersectional approaches in understanding gender and technology. Our workshop will consider these critiques as we engage with the material, aiming to reflect a more inclusive and diverse perspective in the Wikipedia articles we contribute to.

The workshop will not only involve editing but also emphasise on the conversational aspect of writing. By finding ourselves using different sources, perspectives, and experiences, we want to contribute to a richer understanding of these topics. The first day of the event will end with a special participatory reading session at 7 PM, as a chance to approach these critical themes and materials with our own voice outloud.

This event is organised in cooperation with Who writes his_tory?, wiki riot squad, Athina Petsou, Khoj Studios, Bildwechsel and GuterGrund GmbH, with financial support from Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimedia CH, and Wikimedia UK

We look forward to your participation in this collective project of feminist knowledge-building.

Participants BERLIN

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To register, please write a short e-mail if you attend online or on site to: revisiting.cyberfeminism@proton.me

  1. --Helga Broll (organiser)
  2. --Memoryschaum (organiser)
  3. --Sāḥerä (organiser)
  4. --AthinaPetsou (organiser)
  5. --ylvie_ocean (organiser)
  6. --NB-Edit
  7. --Grizma
  8. --Ruesselbueffel
  9. --M.K. (no account yet)
  10. --Yasminkaa
  11. --Massenmedien (Sunday only)
  12. --J.S. (Sunday only)
  13. --EliLin26

Participants ONLINE

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To register, please write a short e-mail if you attend online or on site to: revisiting.cyberfeminism@proton.me

  1. ----Elena Patrise (talk) 06:02, 20 November 2024 (UTC) (organiser)[reply]
  2. --V.K. (no account yet)
  3. --L.D. (no account yet)
  4. --Annette Rosen
  5. --M.N. (no account yet)
  6. --D.S. (no account yet)
  7. --R.C. (no account yet)
  8. --R.J. (no account yet)
  9. --P.R.M. (Sunday only)
  10. --Moorhands
  11. --Davida
  12. --Madamebiblio
  13. --D. (no account yet)
  14. --J.T. (no account yet)
  15. --A.G. (no account yet)
  16. --S.M. (no account yet)
  17. --C.M. (Sunday only)
  18. --S. (no account yet)
  19. --bildwechsel

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