On Nov 25, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Fuster, Mayo wrote: > Great! Thank you Heather. > > You did not make reference in your reply to it so it is difficult to know if > you consider it,
Oh, sorry - we definitely will be adding it! Thanks! > but I still think adding gender question into the call for papers would be a > good idea. > > Thank you again. Cheers! Mayo > > «·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·» > «·´¨*·¸¸« Mayo Fuster Morell ».¸.·*¨`·» @Lilaroja > «·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·» > > Fellow. Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Harvard University. > Researcher. Institute of Government and Public Policies. Autonomous > University of Barcelona. > Ph.D European University Institute > > Website: http://www.onlinecreation.info > ________________________________________ > From: wiki-research-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org > [wiki-research-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] on behalf of Heather Ford > [hfor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 11:32 PM > To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities > Cc: Mark Graham > Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] advice on Wikipedia topics for WikiSym 2013 > > Thank you, Mayo :) > > I think one of the problems with WikiSym - especially the research tracks - > is that it is (mostly) an academic conference and so is almost entirely > dependent on the academic pool (+ funding challenges etc) for participants. > That said, we're co-located with Wikimania this year which means that > hopefully we can draw from a larger group of practitioners and researchers. > > I'll definitely reach out to the WikiWomen's Collective and hopefully with > enough time to plan ahead, we'll be able to engage more women in next year's > event! > > Thanks again for your suggestions. > > Best, > Heather. > > On Nov 23, 2012, at 7:57 PM, Fuster, Mayo wrote: > > Hello! > > Thank you Heather for the note!. The call looks interesting to me, but I > would suggest to add gender inclusion as a topic at the call for paper, as it > is a central problem in Wikipedia. > > Additionally, I would encourage the organizers of Wikisym 2013 to make an > extra effort in order to assure engaging women in the conference. In 2012, > the organizers of Wikisym were highly predominantly male: 89% of the > Symposium Committee, 78% of the Program Committee, and 80% of the program of > speakers were men (according to the data provided at > http://www.wikisym.org/ws2012/bin/view/Main/Schedule). While other > technological related conference (such as OK Fest and Personal Democracy > Forum) are able to engage a better gender balance (data provided here: > http://wiki.digital-commons.net/Gender). > > In case it could he of help, this wiki collect best practices to engage women > in technology related conferences and list of women experts: > http://wiki.digital-commons.net/Gender > > The WikiWomen's Collaborative wiki might also be a useful resource: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:WikiWomen%27s_Collaborative > > Thank you again. Have a nice day! Mayo > > «·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·» > «·´¨*·¸¸« Mayo Fuster Morell ».¸.·*¨`·» @Lilaroja > «·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·» > > Fellow. Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Harvard University. > Researcher. Institute of Government and Public Policies. Autonomous > University of Barcelona. > Ph.D European University Institute > > Website: http://www.onlinecreation.info > ________________________________________ > From: > wiki-research-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wiki-research-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org> > [wiki-research-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] on behalf of Heather Ford > [hfor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 8:34 PM > To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities > Cc: Mark Graham > Subject: [Wiki-research-l] advice on Wikipedia topics for WikiSym 2013 > > Mark Graham and I are co-chairs of the Wikipedia Track at next year's WikiSym > conference (now with added OpenSym!) and we're preparing the call for papers > to go out Friday week. There has been such great discussion on this list in > the past about what is currently missing from Wikipedia research that I > thought I'd send our draft to you in case there are items that you think we > might add? Our current suggestions below: > > • What do particular articles or groups or articles tell us about the > norms, governance and architecture of Wikipedia and its impact on media, > politics and the social sphere? How is information on Wikipedia being shaped > by the materiality of Wikipedia infrastructure? > > • What is the impact of all/some of Wikipedia’s 211 language editions > having on achieving the project’s goal to represent the “sum of all human > knowledge”? Do smaller language editions follow the same development path as > larger language editions? Can different representations in different > languages tell us anything about cultural, national or regional differences? > > • What are the methodological challenges to studying Wikipedia? How are > researchers engaging with innovative methodologies to solve some of these > problems? How are other researchers using traditional or well-established > methods to study Wikipedia? > > • How are wiki projects other than Wikipedia evolving? What are the > benefits to studying other wiki projects and can comparisons and > generalisations be made from our observations of these systems? > > • How does information contained in Wikipedia shape our understanding > of broader social, economic, and political practices and processes? What > theoretical frameworks in social, economic, legal and other relevant > theoretical traditions can be applied to enrich the academic discourse on > Wikipedia? > > Also really looking forward to some great papers next year. We think that > it's a really good thing that Wikipedia research has a separate track next > year and we're hoping that it's going to really strengthen the quality of > research. Looking forward to any suggestions you might have. > > Best, > Heather. > > Heather Ford > Oxford Internet Institute Doctoral Programme > www.ethnographymatters.net<http://www.ethnographymatters.net> > @hfordsa on Twitter > http://hblog.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, > forwarding, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this > information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is > prohibited without the express permission of the sender. 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