Great job Andrew. This looks really good.
It will come in handy in the future.
Thank you
Tochi
On Fri, Jul 15, 2022, 8:30 PM Andrew Lih <andrew.lih(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
Related to the talk I'm giving, they've also asked me to design a 1.5 hour
interactive session for attendees.
But instead of doing an edit-a-thon, I am designing a self-guided
traveling exhibit related to Wikipedia. Some of you may remember I helped
design a Wikipedia Space banner-based exhibit that has been at the National
Archives and Records Administration in the US for the past 5+ years. So I'm
doing a "2.0" version of that by using those banners and then adding these
things:
1. A projection screen showing the Wikimedia sizzle reel video from 2018 (
https://vimeo.com/296168439)
2. A projection screen showing/playing audio from Listen to Wikipedia (
listen.hatnote.com)
3. A table full of scannable QR codes so people can interact with
Wikimedia content on their mobile devices. Right now I have chosen to
showcase a Wikidata knowledge graph, 360 photospheres, the Wikimedia Stats
site, and how to download the mobile apps. The design of those scannable
displays is in this Google Doc, and feedback is welcome and appreciated!
Also, we may have room for two more scannable items, so suggestions are
welcome!
https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/13tnELcu12kSUPQy_rotmO8YTyXbEWj1PS7EiOFr…
Some ideas for other scannable content include: Commons Pictures of the
Year, Top 25 Report of the most read articles
This may be useful for folks who might be planning in-real-life meetups
again soon, or maybe as part of Wikimania in August if you want to do a
local event for the public.
-Andrew
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 11:36 AM Andrew Lih <andrew.lih(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all, this is a request for your insights and
wisdom. And for some fun
and interesting conversation.
I'll be giving a talk next week at the Chautauqua Lecture Series,
addressing the "Future of History" to an audience of ordinary folks. (In
the US, Chautauqua is a famous intellectual summer camp for lifelong
learners).
So my request to you: In what ways is the Wikimedia movement addressing
the challenge of crafting the future of history? I'd love to quote some
insights from WREN to a larger audience.
The full description of the topic is below. Thanks!
-Andrew
https://www.chq.org/schedule/events/weekly-themes/
The Future of History
We live our lives swimming in a vast sea of information; what will wash
up on the future’s shores and be deemed our history? When data is stored in
the cloud rather than compiled in physical files, when we send emails and
tweets rather than letters, how do the records of today become primary
sources tomorrow? There are more ways to record history than ever before,
but how can those records live in a useful way for the historians of the
future — or, with everyone having the technology, and thus the capability,
to be their own historian, their own librarian, will a need to study
history as a formal vocation even exist? Beyond the logistics of such
questions, broader issues are at play: Who are the gatekeepers of our
stories, and who do we trust to be stewards of our lives and memories?
--
-Andrew Lih
Author of The Wikipedia Revolution
US National Archives Citizen Archivist of the Year (2016)
Knight Foundation grant recipient - Wikipedia Space (2015)
Wikimedia DC - Outreach and GLAM
Previously: professor of journalism and communications, American
University, Columbia University, USC
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Email: andrew(a)andrewlih.com
WEB:
https://muckrack.com/fuzheado
PROJECT: Wikipedia Space:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WPSPACE
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