Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Hack the Canon


Hack the Canon: Feminist Artists, Sabra Moore, and the Heresies Collective
Feminist wikipedia
When and Where
Event:Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Date:Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Time:6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Location:Barnard College
LeFrak Center (Barnard Hall)
Room 113
New York, NY
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In collaboration with Wikimedia NYC and Art+Feminism, Barnard College Library is hosting a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon around women artists and activism.

Inspired by Barnard Archives’ recent acquisition of artist Sabra Moore’s papers, this edit-a-thon offers Barnard College and the wider community a chance to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of women artists - in particular those working for social justice in the 1970s through the mid-1990s. Moore’s work with the Heresies Collective and other feminist arts organizations was groundbreaking in its expansion of feminist and political discourse in this period.

Continuing in that spirit we invite folks from within and outside the Barnard community to add the contributions of these important women - and those of other women artists - into Wikipedia. This edit-a-thon will teach the fundamentals of creating and editing in Wikipedia and increase access to scholarship surrounding the Heresies Collective and related artists. By “hacking the canon,” we aim to correct the omission of women artists, including LGBTQ artists, and artists of color from the art historical record and from general knowledge.

Event Information edit

  • Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2017
  • Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • Location: Barnard College, LeFrak Center (in Barnard Hall), Lab Room 113
  • Hashtag: #wikiwomenshistory #noweditingAF #hackthecanon
  • Who can attend: Open to all Barnard Students, Staff, and Faculty: Open to the public with rsvp.
  • What to bring: Please bring your laptop, but there will be a limited number of computers available.
  • Create an account: If you haven't created a Wikipedia Account, please do so follow our Instructions

Suggested Pages to Edit edit

Artists edit

Organizations edit

Women Artists in Revolution

Women’s Interart Center

RAT (newspaper)

Women’s Caucus for Art (Specifically add a section for Let MoMA Know: Women Artists Visibility Event (WAVE) 1984 protest at MoMA)

Heresies Collective

Women’s Services

Women’s Action Coalition (WAC)

Repo History

PESTS

Events edit

Harlem on My Mind protest

Women Artists Visibility Event (W.A.V.E.) / Let MOMA Know

Other Lists to Consider edit

Suggested Sources edit

Available at Barnard edit

Free/Open Resources edit

Suggested Sources for Specific Articles/Edits edit

Attendees edit

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Outcomes edit

Community edit

  • 4 New Wikipedians created
  • 11 Attendees

Articles Created edit

Articles Improved edit

Relevant links edit