Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Hack the Canon

March 28, 2017 - March 29, 2017 |10:30pm - 12:30am

Library Instruction Lab (LeFrak 113)

Add to Calendar 2017-03-28 22:30:00 2017-03-29 00:30:00 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Hack the Canon Hack the Canon: Feminist Artists, Sabra Moore and the Heresies Collective The Barnard Archives recently acquired the papers of artist and activist Sabra Moore; this offers the Barnard community a chance to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of women artists working for social justice in the 1970s through the mid-1990s. As with other edit-a-thons at Barnard, we see this as an opportunity to “hack the canon.” That is, by creating and improving Wikipedia entries, we aim to correct the omission of many women artists, LGBTQ artists, and artists of color from the art historical canon and general knowledge. Further, because Wikipedia’s contributors skew white, cisgender, heterosexual, and male, we seize this opportunity to counterbalance that inequity with diverse voices from within Barnard’s community. Held in partnership with members of Wikimedia NYC, this event will teach the fundamentals of creating and editing in Wikipedia and increase access to scholarship surrounding the Heresies Collective and related artists of the period. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments shall be served! Check out the Facebook event page and RSVP on the Wikipedia Meetup page. Library Instruction Lab (LeFrak 113) Barnard College barnard-admin@digitalpulp.com America/New_York public
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Hack the Canon: Feminist Artists, Sabra Moore and the Heresies Collective

The Barnard Archives recently acquired the papers of artist and activist Sabra Moore; this offers the Barnard community a chance to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of women artists working for social justice in the 1970s through the mid-1990s.

As with other edit-a-thons at Barnard, we see this as an opportunity to “hack the canon.” That is, by creating and improving Wikipedia entries, we aim to correct the omission of many women artists, LGBTQ artists, and artists of color from the art historical canon and general knowledge. Further, because Wikipedia’s contributors skew white, cisgender, heterosexual, and male, we seize this opportunity to counterbalance that inequity with diverse voices from within Barnard’s community.

Held in partnership with members of Wikimedia NYC, this event will teach the fundamentals of creating and editing in Wikipedia and increase access to scholarship surrounding the Heresies Collective and related artists of the period.

This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments shall be served!

Check out the Facebook event page and RSVP on the Wikipedia Meetup page.