Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/BLT MITH UMD
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When and Where | |
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Date: | Tuesday,March 3rd, 2020 |
Time: | 2-3:30 pm |
Address: | AADHum Workshop, Hornbake Library |
University of Maryland, College Park | |
as part of MITH Digital Dialogues |
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) will host an edit-a-thon at The African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities (AADHum) Initiative at The University of Maryland on Tuesday March 3rd, from 2-3:30pm. We will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Black visual artists. A brief overview of the basics of Wikipedia editing will be given at the start of the edit-a-thon. We will have resources and a list of suggested artists, cultural creators, and institutions on hand. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required.
History of The Black Lunch Table edit
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) is an ongoing collaboration between artists Jina Valentine (Fishantena (talk)) and Heather Hart (Heathart (talk)) which intends to fill holes in the documentation of contemporary art history. In its 15 year existence, the BLT has taken a variety of forms relating to this most recent iteration, in the form of the Wikipedia edit-a-thon. BLT creates a space to encourage people of color and women to join the Wikimedia movement while also asking white male editors to focus on gaps in coverage on Wikimedia. BLT’s aim is the production of discursive sites (at literal and metaphorical lunch tables), wherein cultural producers of color engage in critical dialogue on topics directly affecting our communities. They endeavor to create spaces, online and off, mirroring the activity and creativity present in sites where Blackness and art are performed.
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US Mountain West online | May 14, 2024 |
Bay Area WikiSalon | May 16, 2024 |
Oxford 100 | May 19, 2024 |
May 20, 2024 | |
Montreal: Canadian Centre for Architecture edit-a-thon |
May 22, 2024 |
BLT Office Hours | May 26, 2024 |
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Exeter | June 8, 2024 |
London 205 | June 9, 2024 |
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About AADHum edit
The African American History, Culture, and Digital Humanities (AADHum) Initiative brings African American studies and digital humanities together in order to support scholars and expand upon both fields, making the digital humanities more inclusive of African American history and culture and enriching African American studies research with digital methods, archives, and tools.
Event details and Agenda edit
Date: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 Time: 2-3:30pm Location: AADHum, University of Maryland
Event Agenda:
- Presentation, follow along or review, Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Presentation
- Editing time
- Goals:
- -Create a user account (if new to Wikipedia)
- -Create user page with at least one sentence
- -Signin to Wikipedia edit-a-thon meetup page
- -Make at least one edit to a Wikipedia page
Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, photographers, teachers, writers, journalists, curators,the curious... What to Bring: Your laptop and a friend! Hashtag: #BlackLunchTable
Uploading photos edit
Possible articles to edit edit
Black Lunch Table Task List edit
Although our project focuses on visual artists of the African Diaspora, you are welcomed to edit whatever you want. Please add an article below that you think we should focus on. These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidelines before you create a new page. Thanks!
Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
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External links edit
- The Black Lunch Table
- Black Lunch Table – Wikipedia meetup page
Attendees edit
- Trevormunoz (talk) 19:29, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
- Abrownhist (talk) 19:29, 3 March 2020 (UTC)