Folk Networks, Cyberfeminism, and Information Activism in the Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Series

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dc.contributor.advisorGilman, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorWyer, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-06T21:54:59Z
dc.date.available2017-09-06T21:54:59Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-06
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores how the Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon event impacts the people who coordinate and participate in it. I review museum catalogs to determine institutional representation of women artists, and then examine the Edit-a-thon as a vernacular event on two levels: national and local. The founders have a shared vision of combating perceived barriers to participation in editing Wikipedia, but their larger goal is to address the biases in Wikipedia’s content. My interviews with organizers of the local Eugene, Oregon, edit-a-thon revealed that the network connections possible via the Internet platform of the event did not supersede the importance of face-to-face interaction and vernacular expression during the editing process. The results of my fieldwork found a clear ideological connection to the national event through the more localized satellite edit-a-thons. Both events pursue the consciousness-raising goal of information activism and the construction of a community that advocates for women’s visibility online.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/22752
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectArt+Feminismen_US
dc.subjectcyberfeminismen_US
dc.subjectinformation activismen_US
dc.subjectrepresentationen_US
dc.subjectWikipediaen_US
dc.subjectwomen artistsen_US
dc.titleFolk Networks, Cyberfeminism, and Information Activism in the Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Series
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineFolklore Program
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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