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Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023 Logo ID : 35 Microcontributions to Scholarship -- Streamlining Wikipedia into Teaching of History
Author(s): Hans Gutbrod Username(s): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hundnase Type of submission: lecture
Affiliation: Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia Theme(s): -- Education, Community Engagement --
Abstract:

This paper proposes that Wikipedia should be used in a wider effort, located at universities, to engage students and society with the region’s history. More accessible than traditional forms of scholarship, Wikipedia can offer the opportunity to capture – and commemorate – aspects of the past that receive little attention. Based on an analysis of wide gaps in how the region’s history is covered this talk develops the concept of Wikipedia as a site for microcontributions to scholarship and commemoration. This idea connects to debates that have described Wikipedia as a “unique space[…] for the construction of knowledge, memory and culture.”

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Level of advancement: medium
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How will this session be beneficial for the communities in the region of CEE?

Situating Wikipedia as an essential tool, not just an add-on, in public and especially higher education and teaching, based on an analysis of real gaps in how the history of the region is covered.


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