The Wikimedia Movement in Canada
Communities, Institutions, and Free Culture
9781771994521
Distributed for Athabasca University Press
The Wikimedia Movement in Canada
Communities, Institutions, and Free Culture
Explores the ways in which Canadians have embraced the platform across cultures and communities.
This book explores Canadian participation in Wikimedia platforms through identity dynamics, institutional collaborations, and contributors' literacies. It highlights the country's cultural diversity and the importance of partnerships in disseminating knowledge. The Wikimedia Movement in Canada also examines the links between Wikimedia and various communities, showing how these initiatives reinforce the vitality of the movement in Canada.
This book explores Canadian participation in Wikimedia platforms through identity dynamics, institutional collaborations, and contributors' literacies. It highlights the country's cultural diversity and the importance of partnerships in disseminating knowledge. The Wikimedia Movement in Canada also examines the links between Wikimedia and various communities, showing how these initiatives reinforce the vitality of the movement in Canada.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Focus I: Identities
Chapter 1: Protocols of Pluralization: Negotiating Cultural Cohabitation in Wikipedia
Nathalie Casemajor
Chapter 2: Does Wikipedia’s Acadia Portal Offer an Accurate Portrait?
Gabriel Arsenault and Mathieu Wade
Chapter 3: Using Wikidata to Quantify the Gender Gap in Biographical Resources
Marie D. Martel and Simon Villeneuve
Chapter 4: Wikidata in Canada and the Mariposa Folk Festival Linked Data Project
Stacy Allison-Cassin
Focus II: Institutions
Chapter 5: Wikimedia in a Québec Art Museum: Exploring an Open Cultural Institution Model
Nathalie Thibault
Chapter 6: Open Government: A Wiki to Link Them All Together
Miguel Tremblay
Focus III: Literacies
Chapter 7: Public Knowledge During the COVID-19 Infodemic: Health Literacy and the Effect of Wikipedia
Denise Smith
Afterword: The Value of Verified Knowledge in the Age of Generative AI
Pierre Lévy
List of Contributors
Focus I: Identities
Chapter 1: Protocols of Pluralization: Negotiating Cultural Cohabitation in Wikipedia
Nathalie Casemajor
Chapter 2: Does Wikipedia’s Acadia Portal Offer an Accurate Portrait?
Gabriel Arsenault and Mathieu Wade
Chapter 3: Using Wikidata to Quantify the Gender Gap in Biographical Resources
Marie D. Martel and Simon Villeneuve
Chapter 4: Wikidata in Canada and the Mariposa Folk Festival Linked Data Project
Stacy Allison-Cassin
Focus II: Institutions
Chapter 5: Wikimedia in a Québec Art Museum: Exploring an Open Cultural Institution Model
Nathalie Thibault
Chapter 6: Open Government: A Wiki to Link Them All Together
Miguel Tremblay
Focus III: Literacies
Chapter 7: Public Knowledge During the COVID-19 Infodemic: Health Literacy and the Effect of Wikipedia
Denise Smith
Afterword: The Value of Verified Knowledge in the Age of Generative AI
Pierre Lévy
List of Contributors