2023:Program/Submissions/Diversifying the Internet through Images: the power of Wikimedia Commons - SRPRTV

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Title: Diversifying the Internet through Images: the power of Wikimedia Commons

Speakers:

Patricia Diaz Rubio

Social communicator with studies in cultural heritage and local culture. Since 2018 I work for Wikimedia Chile as its Executive Director (Image Patricia Díaz Rubio CC-BY-SA)

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Type: Panel

Track: Equity, Inclusion, and Community Health

Submission state: submitted

Duration: 60 minutes

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Presentation language: en

Abstract & description

Abstract

Open access platforms such as Wikimedia Commons can play a key role in the diversification of visual digital content as they give people and communities the possibility to create, protect and disseminate their own local images as carriers of their knowledge and historical memories. Using these projects, such as Wikimedia Commons, people can diffuse their own reality and context’s perception creating a more representative Internet. This panel seeks to highlight some efforts made by volunteers, communities, allies, and chapters from the Wikimedia movement, to use and promote Wikimedia Commons to create a more representative and diverse Internet through the power of open-access images.

Description

In the digital era images circulate increasingly numerous and fast through different Internet platforms, as powerful vehicles of information and representation; yet, as knowledge, images are not neutral and they have the potential to change people’s perception of things or to prolong mainstream narratives or points of view depending on who and where they are held. Open access platforms such as Wikimedia Commons can play a key role in the diversification of visual digital content as they give people and communities the possibility to create, protect and disseminate their own local images as carriers of their knowledge and historical memories. Using these projects, people can diffuse their own reality and context’s perception creating a more representative Internet. This panel seeks to highlight some efforts made by volunteers, communities, allies, and chapters from the Wikimedia movement, to use and promote Wikimedia Commons to create a more representative and diverse Internet through the power of open-access images. We would like participants can learn why wikimedians have chosen WikiCommons to promote new visions of the world, how they have done it, and which kind of impact these initiatives have had in the engagement process of new wikimedians.

Further details

Qn. How does your session relate to the event themes: Diversity, Collaboration Future?

This panel seeks to highlight Wikimedia communities strategies to create a more diverse Internet through Wikimedia projects, in particular through Wikimedia Commons. We would also like to diversify the idea of how knowledge is produced, understanding that not only words can shape our reality, but also images.

Qn. What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?

Everyone can participate in this session

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