hm,
a. > the dark side
... might be where most bright light bulbs are producing the nicest shades of shadow ;-)
b. > how can we form research projects around this
maybe by looking at how power is being upheld by those in power instead of looking at what those should do or have done that have less of it (or seem to have); only then look at what could be done to create other hegemonies (maybe take what Chantal Mouffe is saying re antagonist agonism, in: Agonistics. Thinking the World Politically, 2013)
best, Claudia
---------- Original Message ----------- From:WereSpielChequers werespielchequers@gmail.com To:Research into Wikimedia content and communities <wiki-research- l@lists.wikimedia.org> Sent:Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:29:55 +0000 Subject:Re: [Wiki-research-l] types of research Re: a cautious note on genderstats Re: Fwd: [Gendergap] Wikipedia readers
This might appear to some to be getting a little off topic for this list, but if you are beginning to think that of this thread I would plead for a little indulgence, and for people to approach this thread from the angle of how can we form research projects around this. Like many people I regard the dark side of the community as a legitimate topic for research and I would point out that the foundation is offering grant funds for projects targeted at the gender gap.
My reversal of Kerry's statement would be more like:
"I think if we can make Wikipedia less attractive to bullies, I rather suspect we make it a more attractive place for everyone else."
Since we don't know how to do this (yes there are some easy part solutions out there, but no magic bullets, certainly none that wouldn't have troubling side effects) there is an opportunity for researchers to make some innovative proposals.
Regards
Jonathan Cardy
On 17 Feb 2015, at 08:20, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote:
(disclaimer: research-wise, in this thread, I am speaking from a margin position in a role maybe similar to the one Shakespeare potrays his fools
in,
because it is not my field and I only have a rather vague idea of how
people
actually undertake such studies)
re
I think if we can make Wikipedia more attractive to women, I rather suspect we make it a more attractive place for everyone.
what about yet another reversal game and see what happens:
this would be Kerry's statement from another perspective: "I think if we can make Wikipedia less attractive to men, I rather suspect we make it a more attractive place for everyone."
what kind of reseach design would be needed for this?
best, Claudia
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I agree the issues are not necessarily about male- female interactions. It may be about bully-victim interactions. I often suspect we are seeing an online form of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment
playing out, where anyone can choose to be the prison guard enforcing the rules (of which we have plenty) taking advantage of the lack of real-world accountability (thanks to pseudonymity).
However, in terms of any kind of metric to measure progress, I think measuring Male/Female/DontKnow is a lot more viable than trying to count the number of bullies and victims (or powerful vs less powerful).
I think if we can make Wikipedia more attractive to women, I rather suspect we make it a more attractive place for everyone.
Kerry
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