kbNov 27, 2022
Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D.
Brilliant writing from Heather Ford about the role of open infrastructures like Wikipedia in shaping collective memory processes. https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-shaping-history-why-i-spent-ten-years-studying-one-wikipedia-article-192602
Friday essay: shaping history – why I spent ten years studying one Wikipedia article

How are Wikipedia pages about contentious events put together? Heather Ford discovered a hotbed of passion, a rotating pack of editors and a struggle for power behind its mirage of neutrality.

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Show threadBrian C. Keegan, Ph.D.Nov 26, 2022
Also pick up her new book: Writing the Revolution: "Wikipedia and the Survival of Facts in the Digital Age" feat @ethanz https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262046299/writing-the-revolution/
Writing the Revolution

A close reading of Wikipedia's article on the Egyptian Revolution reveals the complexity inherent in establishing the facts of events as they occur and are r...

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