<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">QUEERING WIKIPEDIA Conference,<br>
21-24 May 2020, in Linz, Austria<br>
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___Call for proposals!____________________<br>
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<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Queering_Wikipedia/Call_for_proposals" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Queering_Wikipedia/Call_for_proposals</a><br>
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DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS FEBRUARY 15<br>
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>From the call:<br>
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We invite all Wikimedians, activists, scholars, educators, community<br>
organizers, students, librarians, archivists, record keepers,<br>
knowledge keepers, critical theorists, computer scientists, data<br>
specialists, and creative individuals to network and build<br>
partnerships to consider and use how Wikipedia or other Wikimedia<br>
projects may lift up or diminish Queer populations and their cultural,<br>
historic, and scientific output.<br>
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We invite work that offers critical reflections on access to Queer<br>
information, queering open culture, decentering the voices of<br>
privileged groups and empowering the marginalized.<br>
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We are interested in work that suggests critical interventions into<br>
tools and traditions that oppress Queer people and Queer information<br>
within Wikimedia projects.<br>
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We seek contributions that will describe or construct practices that<br>
challenge entrenched ideas about Wikipedia, the Queer community, the<br>
types of Queer information resources sought after around the world,<br>
cisgender heterosexual involvement in Queer Wikimedia projects and<br>
engagement, and the roles of Queer Wikimedians in regard to supporting<br>
Queer visibility, civil rights and activism.<br>
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We are particularly interested in hearing perspectives on Queering<br>
Wikipedia from Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), the<br>
disabled, HIV+ people, sex workers, refugees, addicts in recovery, the<br>
formerly incarcerated, and people from non-English speaking,<br>
non-Western European countries.<br>
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We are seeking proposals for presentations, panel discussions,<br>
capacity building workshops, strategy meetings, and team building<br>
sessions that would touch on the following themes:<br>
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● Questioning, challenging, and disrupting cisnormativity,<br>
heteronormativity, and / or homonormativity in Wikimedia projects;<br>
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● Making Wikimedia spaces welcoming, safe and receptive to<br>
everyone’s input through continuous education and systemic<br>
improvement;<br>
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● Building partnerships, community engagement, and outreach to<br>
Queer communities underrepresented in the Wikimedia movement;<br>
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● Promoting visibility of Queer content creators and Queer<br>
Wikimedia content;<br>
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● Empowering Queer individuals to become Wikimedia contributors<br>
and leaders;<br>
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● Linguistic, cultural, generational, ethnic, and national<br>
diversity among Queer Wikimedians;<br>
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● Emerging Queer Wikimedia projects (ex: queer places in<br>
WikiVoyage, Wiktionary, etc);<br>
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● Collaborations between Wikimedians and libraries, archives,<br>
museums, and community/academic/government projects;<br>
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● Wikidata and challenges of naming and categorizing Queer people<br>
and cultures;<br>
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● The role of the Wikimedia LGBT+ User group;<br>
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● Safety, bullying, and harassment;<br>
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● Peer reviewed research on any of the above topics.<br>
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