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Join us for the BIPOC in the Built Virtual Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Join Yale University Library in partnership with MIT Libraries the week of February 22 - 26 for the BIPOC in the Built Virtual Wikipedia Edit-a-thon and learn about the origins of this campaign that started summer 2020 at MIT. Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) who have left their mark on the fields of art, architecture, art history, graphic design, activism, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design, dance, and more connected to the built environment will have pages created and/or edited throughout the week. After a short introduction held live via Zoom on February 22nd, stay for the kick off of our week-long virtual Wikipedia Edit-a-thon where attendees can participate in training and events that will build community around creating new and edit existing Wikipedia pages.

Please join us for any portion of the event, but do Register at the link to come.

What: BIPOC in the Built Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

When: February 22 - 26, 2021

Where: Virtually


Schedule

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In this week-long virtual event participants will build community while creating new and edit existing Wikipedia pages of BIPOC designers, activists, planners and others whose work is connected to the built environment. After a short introduction held live via Zoom on Monday, February 22, 2021, stay for the kick-off of virtual Edit-a-thon where attendees will participate in training and begin editing Wikipedia pages of BIPOC figures who have left their mark on the fields of art, architecture, art history, activism, dance, graphic design, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design, and more. The Edit-a-thon will have synchronous and asynchronous components so participants can edit in person and at their convenience. Live editing will take place via Zoom and support will be available by Slack.

No prior experience editing Wikipedia is required. Join us at any of the events or follow along on our dashboard and edit at your leisure!

The PDF schedule to come

****All times in Eastern Standard Time Zone****


MONDAY FEBRUARY 22

Black Urbanism + Indigenous Design

3:00 - 3:30pm Introduction

3:30 - 4:00pm Wikipedia Training

4:00 - 5:00pm Live Edit-a-thon

RSVP: here

ARTICLES TO EDIT: Amaza Lee Meredith, V. Mitch McEwen (draft), Justin Garrett Moore (draft), Bryan Lee (Colloqate), Santiago X, Doreen Adengo, Tainá de Paula, Laura Harjo


TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23

Cultural Preservation + Environmental Justice

2:30 - 3:00pm Wikipedia Training

3:00 - 5:00pm Live Edit-a-thon

RSVP: here

ARTICLES TO EDIT: Navajo Water Project, Nicodemus National Historic Site (Kansas), Johnella LaRose (draft), Carolina Caycedo, Seeding Sovereignty, Margaret Marietta Ramírez, Yemi Amu, Gather (2020 Film)


WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 24

Community Activism + Built Environment Scholars

2:30 - 3:00pm Wikipedia Training

3:00 - 5:00pm Live Edit-a-thon

RSVP: here

ARTICLES TO EDIT: Adrienne Brown (author of The Black Skyscraper), Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Horace Cayton & St. Clair Drake, Dark Matter University, Draft:Hill Parents Association (New Haven), Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency (DAAR), Denise Ferreira da Silva


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25

Public Space + Public Art

2:30 - 3:00pm Wikipedia Training

3:00 - 5:00pm Live Edit-a-thon

RSVP: here

ARTICLES TO EDIT: Monument Lab, Mural Arts Program (Philadelphia), Emmett Till Memorial (which Mabel O. Wilson has written about), Black Lives Matter Street Murals (currently List of Black Lives Matter street murals), Theaster Gates, Patrícia Ferreira Pará Yxapy, Three Deliberate Grays for Freddie (Steve Locke)


FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26

Grassroots Collectives + BIPOC Futurists

2:30 - 3:00pm Wikipedia Training

3:00 - 5:00pm Live Edit-a-thon

RSVP: here

ARTICLES TO EDIT: Moms for Housing, Where are the Black Designers?, The Black Reconstruction Collective, Design as Protest, Sepake Angiama, Black Quantum Futurism, The Black School, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective, BlackSpace Urbanist Collective (draft)

To work on

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Track your participation

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We will be using a Wikipedia Dashboard to easily track the edits made during this Edit-a-thon. By logging into the dashboard before you start editing, your edits will be automatically tracked, and we'll be able to collect statistics on the work we've done during this editing event.

  1. Go to BIPOC in the Built Dashboard.
  2. Under Actions, click Join Program.
  3. Enter the passcode we will provide you with your registration.

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Trainings

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