Submissions:2021/Architects Build Wiki: A Pilot Campaign Featuring Black Architects of Detroit

This submission has been accepted for WikiConference North America 2021.

Etherpad

Title:

Architects Build Wiki: A Pilot Campaign Featuring Black Architects of Detroit

Theme:

Global & Local, Relationship Building & Support, Inclusion & Diversity, Depth & Breadth for Newer Editors

Type of session:

Presentation

Abstract:

Architects Build Wiki is a Wikipedia content improvement campaign launching in 2021 at the 50th National Organization of Minority Architects' (NOMA) annual conference in Detroit, Michigan. This is a collaboration with multiple partners: a professional society (NOMA), historian (Noir Design Parti), GLAM institution (The Wright Museum of African American History), and wiki expert (Wiki Strategies). In our pilot phase is we will focus on the Black architects of Detroit and their accomplishments; we will expand our scope to Black architects of other cities in the coming year, and publish a guide for like-minded organizations. We seek to learn from and build on the models of past successful campaigns including Wiki Women in Red, Wiki Loves Monuments, and News On Wiki. Three presenters—an architect/historian, a museum professional, and a wiki expert—will introduce the campaign as a team.

Video of the session

Academic Peer Review option:

Yes

Author name:

Pete Forsyth

E-mail address:

http://wikistrategies.net/contact

Wikimedia username:

Peteforsyth

Affiliated organization(s):

National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), Noir Design Parti, The Wright Museum of African American History, Wiki Strategies

Estimated time:

15-30 minutes

Special requests:

Have you presented on this topic previously? If yes, where/when?:

We hosted this webinar.

If your submission is not accepted, would you be open to presenting your topic in another part of the program? (e.g. lightning talk or unconference session)

Yes