All of the information found on Wikipedia is created and shared by volunteers around the world. However, since 2020, only 15% of these contributors are women. This imbalance has a real impact on how information is covered and presented on the world’s largest online encyclopedia.
It’s called the ‘great man theory‘: the idea that large swaths of human history can be explained by the actions of so-called great men.
These days, that theory has been resoundingly discredited—but popular history’s long reliance on it has contributed towards an imbalance of stories told about women in the history learned in schools and elsewhere.
While three-quarters of the world’s online population today comes from the Global South (Asia, Africa, and Latin America) and nearly half are women, most public knowledge online has been written by white men from the Global North. The feminist collective and Wikimedia volunteer group, “Whose Knowledge?,” is working to change this.
Can digital supply chains help the industry to become more sustainable? Researchers at the Research Institute for Sustainability take a look at its opportunities and risks.
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Was arbeiten Absolventinnen und Absolventen der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU)? Um Studierenden verschiedene Perspektiven vorzustellen, hat Michaela Thiel, Geschäftsführerin des zentralen Alumni-Netzwerks, ausgewählte Ehemalige befragt. Diesmal ist Frank Müller an der Reihe.
28 February 2023, San Francisco – The Wikimedia Foundation today announced Stephen LaPorte as General Counsel. Stephen was previously Deputy General Counsel at the Foundation; he has held several leadership roles in the Legal department, covering a range of legal issues including copyright, trademarks, governance, and public policy.
Das Bayerische Forschungsinstitut für Digitale Transformation (bidt) führt bayernweit über 30 interdisziplinär angelegte Forschungsprojekte an Universitäten, Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen durch. Sie alle eint, dass sie dazu beitragen, die Entwicklungen und Herausforderungen der digitalen Transformation besser zu verstehen. Mit der aktuellen Ausschreibungsrunde werden neue Konsortialprojekte zum digitalen Wandel gesucht.
Das bidt fördert insbesondere Projekte in drei Forschungsbereichen:
Computing the News. Data Journalism and the Search for Objectivity, 13 mars 2023, 17h à 18h.
L’article 13.3.2023 Hypertextes #14 <br>Sylvain Parasie est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.
In 2020, in the midst of the online expansion of the Black Lives Matter movement, a multitude of channels and media started to relay information about ways to donate or help their community. As a result, millions of individuals started to relay posts and facts about the murder, and more globally about the lack of attention given to police brutality towards BIPOC.
This is the second conversation of the 100+ Conversations to Inspire Our New Direction (#OKFN100) project.
This invitation only symposium features selected papers by 13 doctoral candidates at various stages of their PhD programmes who will present their research [...]
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Objets numériques, objets sociaux. 10 ans d'enquête en sciences sociales sur internet, 24 mars 2023, à partir de 9h30.
L’article Journée anniversaire des 10 ans de la revue <em>RESET</em> est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.
The UK Government is Read more about My Comment to the UK Government on Its Proposal to Ban “Bespoke,” “Sophisticated” Encrypted Phones
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Das Projektteam von „MOTIV – Digitale Interaktionskompetenz: Monitor, Training und Sichtbarkeit“ erforscht die Interaktion mit intelligenten Sprachassistenten. Mit ihrer Arbeit möchten die Forscherinnen und Forscher einen bewussten Umgang mit Sprachassistenten fördern und Trainingsmodule für Nutzerinnen und Nutzer entwickeln.
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“Volgens OpenAI en Google kan kunstmatige intelligentie de mensheid ten goede komen. Maar uit onderzoek blijkt hoe eenzijdig en beperkt de data zijn waarmee AI is getraind. Volgens onderzoeker Balázs Bodó is dat reden om op de rode pauzeknop te drukken.” Lees het interview hier.
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