2019:Diversity/The project: Repertory of women printers in Italy from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century

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Diversity/The project: Repertory of women printers in Italy from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century

Title

Repertory of women printers in Italy from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century

(Italian) Repertorio delle tipografe in Italia dal Cinquecento al Settecento)

Description

In 2019 we proposed a workshop at the University of Genoa to develop a research on women printers in Italy between the 16th and 18th centuries. In our country, the articles, monographs and articles related to this topic are not numerous. In fact, the bibliography consists of only four intellectual works. It is clear that the topic is not so developed, and the academic community is not interested in investigating women who worked in typography in the past. For this reason, we could improve a Wikipedia-based encyclopedic database with the help of students, researchers and history book enthusiasts. The goal of the project is to create Wikipedia pages where the store data - obtained from repertoires and OPAC - on Italian women printers.

Each person involved in the project will build a special Wikipedia article on a specific printer. Starting from printed literature, everyone will improve the biography and the bibliography with the data, the details with all the information.

In the end we will have the opportunity to make a general map of the presence of women in the context of the press of the Italia n past.

We are sure that the project is a concrete example of work on gender history. Meanwhile it is a good practice to serve women and girls to know a part of their lost history.

Only the recovery of information lost or not taken into account is possible to improve women's empowerment and give them more intellectual capacity to understand the presence of women in general Western history.

Links: Repertorio delle tipografe in Italia dal Cinquecento al Settecento

Relationship to the theme

This session will address the conference theme — Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals — in the following manner:

4 quality education

5 gender equality

10 reduced inequalities

17 partnership for the goals

Session outcomes

At the end of the session, the following will have been achieved:

Attendees will:

• Understand the presence of women in the context of the press of the Italian past
• Develop good practice to serve women and girls to know a part of their lost history
• Share ideas and experiences about gender gap in the History
• Connect with experienced and new Wikipedians working on these type of projects.

Session leader(s)

• Camelia Boban
• Valentina Sonzini

Usernames

• Camelia.boban
• valesonz

Affiliation/country

• Italy (Rome), WikiDonne User Group, Affiliations Committee
• Italy (Genoa), University of Genoa (Università di Genova)

E-mail contact

• camelia.boban@gmail.com
• valentinasonzini@yahoo.it

Session type

Each Space at Wikimania 2019 will have specific format requests. The program design prioritises submissions which are future-oriented and directly engage the audience. The format of this submission is a:

• Discussion-based training

Length of session

20 minutes

Requirements

The session will work best with these conditions:

• Room:

Any type of room with projector

• Audience:

30 no more, those working in the gender diversity space

• Recording:

Yes, recording allowed