It is my perspective that working through the processes on Wikipedia are too democratic for most academics. It is easier to get a grant and become the defacto expert than to be part of the conversation. What I went through last week trying to get support for the South African novel, October, by Zoe Wicomb is a lot more than most professors could bear.
But it seems to me that the group process, while more inclusive, can be obscured when experts study us. I have found this to happen to many grass roots efforts when studied. (labor union actions, migrant worker initiartves, etc.) --Kathleen Kathleen de la Peña McCook Distinguished University Professor of Librarianship USF/SI: http://si.usf.edu/faculty/kmccook/ Academia.edu: https://usf.academia.edu/KathleendelaPe%C3%B1aMcCook Library Thing:: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/klmccook/allcollections ======== Zandt argues that Wikipedia is biased because the majority of its editors are “young, white, child-free men.” “There’s nothing inherently wrong with a young, white, child-free man’s perspective, of course—it’s just that there are tons of other perspectives in the world that should influence how a story gets told,” Zandt wrote <http://www.forbes.com/sites/deannazandt/2013/04/26/yes-wikipedia-is-sexist-thats-why-it-needs-you/> in an editorial for *Forbes* last year, entitled, “Yes, Wikipedia Is Sexist—That’s Why It Needs You.” On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is amazing. > > That's a lot of money. > > Sarah > On Aug 1, 2014 6:04 AM, "Carol Moore dc" <carolmoor...@verizon.net> wrote: > >> >> http://freebeacon.com/issues/government-funded-study-why-is-wikipedia-sexist/ >> Government-Funded Study: Why Is Wikipedia Sexist? >> $202,000 to address ‘gender bias’ in world’s biggest online encyclopedia >> BY: Elizabeth Harrington >> >> Coincidentally(?) even as we're trying to get the Task Force more >> together, there have been raging discussions on WP:ANI and Jimmy Wales talk >> page about this issue. Someone posted this article link on the talk page. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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