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This Wednesday, Mar. 3, from 1:30 p.m. 2 p.m., Ann Plato Fellow in Anthropology and American Studies Amanda Guzman will deliver a lecture entitled Reframing (Our) Institutional Histories: Objects as New Sites of Representation to the Trinity community. Guzman graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Ph.D. in Anthropology (Archaeology). Guzman specializes in museum anthropology, while her research focuses on the history of collecting and exhibiting Puerto Rico at the intersection of issues of intercultural representation and national identity formation. Using the knowledge and experience she has gained from her work with collections, Guzman has been able to use teaching practices that privilege a more equitable, co-production of knowledge in the classroom through accessible engagement in cultural work.

According to the main coordinator of the Art + Feminism event, Mary Mahoney, Guzman is a great speaker for this particular event because she specializes in the field of museum anthropology and can speak on issues of representation in museums which is central to the theme of Art + Feminism. She is also a great speaker and is doing really exciting work at Trinity.

Art + Feminism is an international community which closes the information gap about gender, feminism, and the arts on the internet. An important element of this work is coordinating Wikipedia edit-a-thons that addressWikipedias documented gender bias, specifically in the arts. The Art + Feminism week at Trinity is a way to promote awareness of this community and the work this community does.

Professor Guzman will share her research in museum anthropology and use it to help us understand issues of representation in collections. The event itself speaks to the politics of knowledge creation and invites participants to first acknowledge and understand the disparity in coverage of women and non-binary artists on Wikipedia. It then welcomes volunteers to learn how to edit and contribute to pages of women and non-binary artists and organizations. The same kind of disparity in coverage of women and non-binary artists exists in museums and is influenced by issues of race, class, and gender, added Mahoney.

While this is a lecture that may attract specific fields of studies, such as American Studies and Anthropology, attendance across all academic fields is encouraged.

Art + Feminism speaks to the politics of knowledge creation. We all use Wikipedia all the time, for example, but perhaps dont examine the motivations, assumptions, or biases that influence who gets a page, what kinds of sources count towards proving someone notable enough to warrant one, and what information gets edited out by editors. Similarly, how do museums decide what artists to feature? What kinds of objects are worthy of display and why? This series of events invites everyone on campus to think about assumptions we make about things in our world that are made to appear natural and what role gender plays in shaping those assumptions, said Mahoney.

As part of the Art + Feminism Week, there is a culminating event called the all-day edit-a-thon. This event serves as a chance to close the information gap around gender, feminism, and the arts on the internet.

We will train volunteers to learn how to edit and contribute to pages of women and non-binary artists and organizations. Volunteers can start with our list of New England artists and organizations in New England, or they can choose any artist or organizations of interest. There is absolutely no experience necessary, and in fact we love introducing people to editing who have never edited before! Its easy and fun. The edit-a-thon will feature an hour-long performance break featuring community and Trinity artists. Our event site will also feature creative work from across campus that we are excited to share, noted Mahoney.

There will be several events, including Guzmans lecture on Wednesday, for Art + Feminism week offered by Trinity for this upcoming week. Typically, the events are held in person. However, this year, due to Covid-19, all events will be held virtually.

On Mar. 4, from 1 p.m. 2 p.m., a virtual tour featuring Feminist Art and Women Artists at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art will occur. This tour will be led by Adult and Academic Programs Manager Janna Israel. At 11 a.m. -4 p.m. on Mar. 5, the all-day Wikipedia edit-a-thon, which includes breakout rooms for new Wikipedia Editors, will begin. There will be Artist performances occurring during this time from 1 p.m. 2 p.m.. Finally, on Thursday, Mar. 25, from 1 p.m. 2:30 p.m., there will be a virtual workshop entitled Wikipedia and Open Pedagogy focusing on these issues.

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He appended a Covid-19 in popular culture section to the end of the article, which was left mostly blank, save for a few lines about the certainty of impending works of art that would reference the pandemic. Fellow editors immediately disputed the section, citing a lack of substance. I said, Just hang on, this is going to fill in, Wyatt said. If you think about the plague of the Middle Ages and how much literature and culture references the plague again now, this is a category we can create in advance because we know its going to fill out. And thats what happened. Indeed, it grew so big that it became its own article.

In his essay on Wikipedias relationship to breaking news, Brian Keegan notes the prodigious detail of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack article in the months following the event. There was even a list of the nearly 3,000 casualties by name, location, and civilian status. Editors started to argue that the fastidiousness was unbecoming of the traditional encyclopedia that Wikipedia was trying to emulate stylistically, and eventually portions of the entry disappeared.

That Wikipedia articles can spring into existence overnight, grow, and then contract again, reflects the peculiar vicissitudes of record-keeping in the digital age. Because the online encyclopedia is living and breathing, it is bound to the present. Gradually, as the community comes to understand [the pandemic] with a macro perspective, two, three, five, 10 years out, some of those subpages will be deleted, or theyll be merged, Stinson said. The Tourism in Zanzibar page, for instance, may one day forgo its Covid-19 reference, especially if theres a surviving, comprehensive article about the pandemics effects on global tourism.

Wikimedia archives all deleted pages, of course, which is why Stephen Harrison, writing in Slate, astutely observed that todays Wikipedia revisions [will] become a historical artifact for future scholars studying this period.

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Wikipedia's Sprawling, Awe-Inspiring Coverage of the Pandemic - The New Republic

In honor of Women's History Month, Art House Productions, along with Hudson County Community College & Seton Hall University, present Art+Feminism Lecture on Wednesday, March 24 at 12:30pm EST via Zoom. Click here to register for the lecture.

On April 7 from 10:00am-1:00pm EST, the Walsh Library and the Walsh Gallery will host Seton Hall's second Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon. All are invited to register to become "Wikipedians" and edit or create a Wikipedia page for an artist. Click here to register for the event.

According to the Art+Feminism website, the non-profit organization "directly addresses the inequality of gender, feminism, and the arts on Wikipedia." This is accomplished through a coordinated campaign of online training materials and volunteer-organized "edit-a-thons" at a variety of cultural and intellectual institutions across the globe.

In the lecture on March 24, Brooke Duffy and Jeanne Brasile will provide an overview of the ways in which women and gender diverse artists have traditionally been and continue to be excluded from the art historical canon and global art markets. They will share background information about the Art+Feminism organization and objectives of their wiki-thons. The lecture culminates with a hands-on activity in which participants can engage with, critically read, and converse about artist Wikipedia pages.

To request closed captions or ASL interpreters, please email info@arthouseproductions.org at least 72 hours before the event.

The mission of the Hudson County Community College Department of Cultural Affairs is to provide supplementary programs to stimulate awareness of the arts and foster creativity. We strive to complement the efforts of HCCC with cultural events, community programs, and educational initiatives. Our goal is to transcend the understanding of visual and performing arts by closing the distance between the experience of art and everyday life in the community we serve.

In 2015, the College established a Cultural Affairs Task Force comprising involved members of the community, as well as HCCC Trustees, Foundation Board Directors, educators and scholars. The result is a full calendar of arts programs and events each semester, most of which are free of cost, and are held on the College's Journal Square and North Hudson campuses. Please CLICK HERE to view this season's offerings.

The Seton Hall University Libraries advance distinction in the Seton Hall communitys teaching, learning, and research through its provision of user-focused services, programs, and robust collections. Seton Hall University Libraries support excellence in academic and individual work, enable inquiry, foster intellectual and ethical integrity and respect for diverse points of view through user-focused services and robust collections as the intellectual and cultural heart of the University. The University Libraries are central to the Universitys intellectual life where students and faculty needs are the top priority. We lead through the provision of innovative services, programs, and resources within the Seton Hall community and beyond. The Walsh Gallery and Archives and Special Collections are the repositories for records, art and artifacts in support of the University Libraries and Seton Hall Universitys missions, goals and visions. In the Catholic intellectual tradition, we encourage the exchange of divergent points of view as we are the intellectual, ethical, cultural, and historical heart of the University. http://www.shu.edu

Art House Productions has long awarded adventurous and diverse performing artists with a stage to expose audiences to their ambitious and challenging projects. Art House Productions is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to the development and presentation of the performing and visual arts in Jersey City, NJ. Art House Productions presents theater, performing and visual arts festivals, arts events, visual art exhibitions, and adult and youth art classes. For more information about our programs, please visit our website at http://www.arthouseproductions.org. Follow us on social media @arthouseproductions @arthouseprods. To sign up for Art House's mailing list, please click here: http://eepurl.com/hd1FCj.

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Art + Feminism Lecture and Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon to Take Place in Honor of Women's History Month - Broadway World

Newswise WASHINGTON, February 18, 2021 -- To highlight and enhance the awareness of Black physicists, the American Institute of Physics is partnering with Black in Physics to host a Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon to address inaccuracies and incomplete information on the popular resource website about African American and Black scientists.

The event will take place during the last week of Black History Month, Feb. 22-26, and bring together volunteers in the physics community to build and edit Wikipedia pages about Black physicists. Wikipedia editors will provide training and information to assist the volunteers with the Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon.

Members of AIPs Center for History of Physics and the Niels Bohr Library & Archives will host information drop-in sessions for Wikithon editors seeking resources and best practices for citing sources on Wikipedia pages. The AIP oral history collection will be utilized as a resource for Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon volunteers to find citable material.

The Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon drop-in sessions will last about an hour but could extend depending on the work being done. Volunteers from Black in Physics will be participating in the weeklong event.

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About American Institute of Physics

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a 501(c)(3) membership corporation of scientific societies. AIP pursues its missionto advance, promote, and serve the physical sciences for the benefit of humanitywith a unifying voice of strength from diversity. In its role as a federation, AIP advances the success of its Member Societies by providing the means to pool, coordinate, and leverage their diverse expertise and contributions in pursuit of a shared goal of advancing the physical sciences in the research enterprise, in the economy, in education, and in society. In its role as an institute, AIP operates as a center of excellence using policy analysis, social science, and historical research to promote future progress in the physical sciences.

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American Institute of Physics to Host Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon, Raise Awareness of Black Physicists - Newswise

As part of the Israeli entitys advancing levels of fear of Hezbollah, the official Twitter account of the Israeli military posted a call on Tuesday for Wikipedia in English to edit its article on the Lebanese resistance movement to reflect its identification by 26 countries as a terrorist organization.

The diagnosis, in the Zionist case, would better be onomatophobia, which is the fear of names, in our case it is Hezbollah.

The worth-mocking step exposes how the Zionist occupation entitys fear has switched from its main battlefield with the resistance group, in military, to the educational one, where it should be the least among the supposed undefeatable armys concerns.

In this regard, some experts claim that Wikipedia is a battleground for competing viewpoints, and the Hezbollah page is no exception.

The resistance groups English Wikipedia entry, which currently describes it as a Shia Islamist political party and militant group, didnt satisfy the Israeli military Spokespersons Unit, prompting it to to tweet on Tuesday that its time for an update, calling for the organizations definition to reflect its labeling as a terrorist group.

David Gerard is a veteran Wikipedia editor based in the UK. In a conversation with The Media Line, he explained the argumentative phrasing, as well as Wikipedias treatment of controversial subjects in general, saying that the sites political position is basically very centrist about things, and always gives both sides of every issue. Because of this, he said, you end up with these understated, overly polite descriptions that people may consider quite controversial.

With controversial issues, Gerard explains, there are editors pulling in different directions and the final product has to be acceptable for all parties. Therefore, the aim is to create readable entries, but better entries could be written.

The editor also points out that Hezbollahs entry contains all the information you need.

Added to its misfortune, the Israeli military Spokespersons Unit confessed their intrusion in a statement to The Media Line, stating that our office occasionally looks at Wikipedia entries when the subject matter is relevant to the messaging we want to get across. We do this in order to better understand what information is given to the average individual on the internet and to find misinformation that should be dispelled.

Further, the Zionist Spokespersons Unit claimed that, It is our hope that our tweet will inspire some of Wikipedias editors to update Hezbollah Wikipedia entry by highlighting the fact that Hezbollah has been recognized as a terrorist organization by some of the worlds most influential nations, such as the US, UK, Germany, Japan, and Canada.

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Israeli Onomatophobia: Zionist Military's Fear of Hezbollah Shifts to Wikipedia - Ahlul Bayt News Agency: Providing Shia News