On 13 March 2010 23:31, Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net> wrote:
... is apparently happening later this month, with
participation from
a number of people from the UK:
http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/cpov/program/amsterdam-program/
Does anyone know anything about this?
Yes, it's a continuation of another conference - 'Wikiwars' or 'CPOV'
-
which took place in Bangalore in January this year: <
http://www.cis-india.org/research/conferences/conference-blogs/Wikiwars>gt;. I
think, if I were to summarise them, I'd say both conferences are about the
societal implications of Wikipedia, what it means to participate in
Wikipedia, and the limitations of the Wikipedia model in documenting 'the
sum of human knowledge'. Yes, it's geared towards academics - hence the
language! - so, in this sense, I wouldn't take "being critical" to equate
with "being negative". If there's specific jargon that you think I can help
with, please shoot.
There are a lot of good contributors, some of whom are members of the
Wikimedia community, e.g. Joseph Reagle and Stuart Geiger, both of whom have
presented at past Wikimanias. Also, Mathieu O'Neil has written a very
interesting book about online communities, including a case study of
Wikipedia.
Personally, I'd love to be going, though I have no money, and even less
time. If anyone's interested in going, and WMUK have funds... do it!
Cheers,
Cormac