Listen to a panel of University of Michigan faculty members talk about creating a feminist, inclusive, and more equitable internet, then participate in a Wikipedia and Wikidata Edit-a-thon. We'll provide a hands-on workshop for beginners, reference materials, and lunch from Jerusalem Garden.

What would a truly feminist internet look like? Artists and activists who identify as women, non-binary, trans, queer, Black, Indigenous, or people of color only make up a fraction of contributors and content subjects in Wikimedia. As generative AI plays a larger role on the internet, it is more important than ever to diversify the content. Join us to learn how you can take action to address this imbalance by editing Wikipedia and Wikidata!

This is the first time Ann Arbor Art + Feminism will incorporate Wikidata as well as Wikipedia. Wikidata can be described as Wikipedia’s structured data counterpart, designed as an open platform that can be read and edited by both humans and machines. Wikidata ensures that all Wikimedia projects — like Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons — can get their information from the same place. As a freely available information resource, it also can be used to standardize and enrich other open databases and software.

This event is in partnership with Ann Arbor District Library, the U-M Library, and LSA Technology Services.