2023:Program/Research, Science, and Medicine/PVEVM3-A room with a view: inside NPOV reasoning in a Wikipedia community
Title: A room with a view: inside NPOV reasoning in a Wikipedia community
Speakers:
Claudia Serbanuta
Claudia Șerbănuță is the president of the Communities of the Future Association and member, project manager and GLAM coordinator of Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova. She completed her Ph.D in Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017 and from 2014 to 2016 she was the manager of the National Library of Romania. Claudia has experience coordinating Black Sea regional projects and developing communities through innovative public services implemented through networks of educational and cultural organizations.
Mihai Constantinescu
Room: Room 307
Start time: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0800
End time: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 16:10:00 +0800
Type: Lightning talk
Track: Research, Science, and Medicine
Submission state: confirmed
Duration: 10 minutes
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Presentation language: en
Abstract & description
[edit source]Abstract
[edit source]Starting from a research project in the Romanian language Wikipedia community, this short talk invites you to discover elements and processes that take place for editors when facing various NPOV contexts and will include examples of exercises and learning contexts.
Description
[edit source]Starting from a research project funded by the Wikimedia Foundation - Grounding NPOV pillar in post-censored information ecology - the presenters inquired into ways in which NPOV is addressed in the Romanian language Wikipedia community. This short talk invites you to discover the elements and processes that take place for editors when they face various NPOV contexts. The research used qualitative methods (text analysis and interviews) and focused on librarians learning to edit Wikipedia and experienced Wikipedia editors. The relation to the Wikipedia NPOV pillar develops in time for editors and the experiences outside and within the community of editors are continuously influencing their engagement. This presentation aims to offer insights into the educational and cultural background of Wikipedia beginners and experienced editors, focusing on the relation between said background and NPOV understanding. Moreover, a layer of language barriers and (de)limitations (between English NPOV and Romania PDVN) will be described when looking at how this understanding takes place.
The session is a description of the entanglement that happens between the personal, professional, educational, cultural, and communal processes that are inside each one of us, that develop over time, and influence the way we understand and adhere to shared community principles. The talk will include examples from the learning aids developed for better understanding of the NPOV in the Romanian language community.
Further details
[edit source]Qn. How does your session relate to the event themes: Diversity, Collaboration Future?
When thinking about the future of the movement it is helpful to understand the challenges people face when working together on Wikimedia projects. Debates and frustrations related to NPOV in communities are impacting the experience of collaboration and learning together. The more we understand it, the better we will be at addressing it in our own communities.
Qn. What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?
Average knowledge about Wikimedia projects or activities
Qn. What is the most appropriate format for this session?
Onsite in Singapore- Remote online participation, livestreamed
- Remote from a satellite event
- Hybrid with some participants in Singapore and others dialing in remotely
Pre-recorded and available on demand
