On 13 March 2010 23:31, Michael Peel <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:email@mikepeel.net">email@mikepeel.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
... is apparently happening later this month, with participation from<br>
a number of people from the UK:<br>
<a href="http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/cpov/program/amsterdam-program/" target="_blank">http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/cpov/program/amsterdam-program/</a><br>
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Does anyone know anything about this?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Yes, it&#39;s a continuation of another conference - &#39;Wikiwars&#39; or &#39;CPOV&#39; - which took place in Bangalore in January this year: &lt;<a href="http://www.cis-india.org/research/conferences/conference-blogs/Wikiwars">http://www.cis-india.org/research/conferences/conference-blogs/Wikiwars</a>&gt;. I think, if I were to summarise them, I&#39;d say both conferences are about the societal implications of Wikipedia, what it means to participate in Wikipedia, and the limitations of the Wikipedia model in documenting &#39;the sum of human knowledge&#39;. Yes, it&#39;s geared towards academics - hence the language! - so, in this sense, I wouldn&#39;t take &quot;being critical&quot; to equate with &quot;being negative&quot;. If there&#39;s specific jargon that you think I can help with, please shoot.</div>
<div><br></div><div>There are a lot of good contributors, some of whom are members of the Wikimedia community, e.g. Joseph Reagle and Stuart Geiger, both of whom have presented at past Wikimanias. Also, Mathieu O&#39;Neil has written a very interesting book about online communities, including a case study of Wikipedia.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Personally, I&#39;d love to be going, though I have no money, and even less time. If anyone&#39;s interested in going, and WMUK have funds... do it!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Cormac</div>
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