Balancing the history books, one Wikipedia entry a time | Pursuit by The University of Melbourne

lkfitz's bookmarks 2017-12-12

Summary:

"Like many other historical records Wikipedia, a free online encyclopaedia written collaboratively by anyone who wants to edit it, reinforces a view of history dominated by white men. But unlike other sources, we can change it."

Link:

https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/balancing-the-history-books-one-wikipedia-entry-a-time

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Tags:

oa.new oa.wikipedia oa.crowd oa.social_justice oa.obstacles oa.bias oa.history oa.humanities oa.ssh

Date tagged:

12/12/2017, 17:18

Date published:

12/12/2017, 12:18