Decolonising knowledge
Decolonising knowledge in Switzerland is a project aiming at involving Swiss GLAMs, researchers, existing networks and volunteers in making open content related to colonisation, provenance, restitution, power dynamics and global critical perspectives available on Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, and engaging communities in improving articles and data.
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This page documents a research project in progress.
Information may be incomplete and change as the project progresses.
Please contact the project lead before formally citing or reusing results from this page.
The project focuses on a series of exhibitions organised in Switzerland in 2024-2025 as a starting point to engage GLAMs, researchers, existing networks and volunteers in improving Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects.
Upcoming events
edit- 28 December 2024, Geneva, visit to the exhibition "Remembering. Geneva in the Colonial World" at MEG.
- 15 January 2025, online, webinar to introduce and present the project Decolonising knowledge.
- 18-19 January 2025, online and in Zurich, edit-a-thon.
- 18-19 January 2025, Zurich, tour of four exhibitions.
Documentation
edit- Wikidata: Q131424643
- Images on Wikimedia Commons
- Documentation on OSF Open Science Framework https://osf.io/jkrux/