This
meetup page is an archive of a past event. Please do not edit the contents of this page. |
When and Where | |
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When: | 27 August 2019 |
Time | 5PM - 9PM |
Where: | 314 7TH STREET Brooklyn, New York |
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In recognition of our current exhibition, Resistance Radio, we are holding a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on the theme of pirate radio and community broadcasting.
We’ll work to improve representation of the individuals and organizations involved in radio projects worldwide — including those represented in our exhibition, and those that are not. We will glean relevant information from our collection at Interference Archive to share through Wikipedia. Our objective is to make information and documentation related to this work more accessible for current and future movement makers, educators, and learners. Snacks will be provided.
No experience editing Wikipedia is required but please bring a laptop! Experienced Wikipedians will be around to help out, and we’ll be starting the edit-a-thon with a brief tutorial to cover the basics.
All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.
Please RSVP or request childcare through this form. Childcare is available if requested by August 20, 2019.
Snacks will be provided! Seltzer, sweet treats (including gluten free), and yummy mediterranean snacks from our new neighbors at Baba Ghanoj
The mission of Interference Archive is to explore the relationship between cultural production and social movements. This work manifests in an open stacks archival collection, publications, a study center, and public programs including exhibitions, workshops, talks, and screenings, all of which encourage critical and creative engagement with the rich history of social movements.
The archive contains many kinds of objects that are created as part of social movements by the participants themselves: posters, flyers, publications, zines, books, T-shirts and buttons, moving images, audio recordings, and other materials.
Through our programming, we use this cultural ephemera to animate histories of people mobilizing for social transformation. We consider the use of our collection to be a way of preserving and honoring histories and material culture that is often marginalized in mainstream institutions.
As an all-volunteer organization, all members of our community are welcome and encouraged to shape our collection and programming; we are a space for all volunteers to learn from each other and develop new skills. We work in collaboration with like-minded projects, and encourage critical as well as creative engagement with our own histories and current struggles.
As an archive from below, we are a collectively run space that is people powered, with open stacks and accessibility for all. We are supported by the community that believes in what we’re doing. Our operational expenses are paid by individuals who give regular monthly donations, through the support of one-time financial gifts of any amount.
Articles to Edit and Improve
Articles to Create
Creating new articles about radio stations can be tricky; their notability may be disputed. Please talk to someone if you'd like to start one; you may find the book A Passion for Radio useful (it's on the reading shelf)
"Station-specific sources:"
Radio Rebelde has a website. Radio Freedom: There's some information in JSTOR. Here's an open access article from the Africa Media Review (1994). Radio Student also has a website, and this particular page was useful (once run through Google translation). This article needs translating as well. English sources included this pamphlet from the European Commission, and a few passages from this book available on Google Books. Here's a second useful book/section as well.
General sources accessible with NYPL or academic library account: Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media Oxford Reference Project Muse JSTOR
Please click here and list what page you are working on so we can collaborate and/or not double up.
This
meetup page is an archive of a past event. Please do not edit the contents of this page. |
When and Where | |
---|---|
When: | 27 August 2019 |
Time | 5PM - 9PM |
Where: | 314 7TH STREET Brooklyn, New York |
. |
In recognition of our current exhibition, Resistance Radio, we are holding a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on the theme of pirate radio and community broadcasting.
We’ll work to improve representation of the individuals and organizations involved in radio projects worldwide — including those represented in our exhibition, and those that are not. We will glean relevant information from our collection at Interference Archive to share through Wikipedia. Our objective is to make information and documentation related to this work more accessible for current and future movement makers, educators, and learners. Snacks will be provided.
No experience editing Wikipedia is required but please bring a laptop! Experienced Wikipedians will be around to help out, and we’ll be starting the edit-a-thon with a brief tutorial to cover the basics.
All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.
Please RSVP or request childcare through this form. Childcare is available if requested by August 20, 2019.
Snacks will be provided! Seltzer, sweet treats (including gluten free), and yummy mediterranean snacks from our new neighbors at Baba Ghanoj
The mission of Interference Archive is to explore the relationship between cultural production and social movements. This work manifests in an open stacks archival collection, publications, a study center, and public programs including exhibitions, workshops, talks, and screenings, all of which encourage critical and creative engagement with the rich history of social movements.
The archive contains many kinds of objects that are created as part of social movements by the participants themselves: posters, flyers, publications, zines, books, T-shirts and buttons, moving images, audio recordings, and other materials.
Through our programming, we use this cultural ephemera to animate histories of people mobilizing for social transformation. We consider the use of our collection to be a way of preserving and honoring histories and material culture that is often marginalized in mainstream institutions.
As an all-volunteer organization, all members of our community are welcome and encouraged to shape our collection and programming; we are a space for all volunteers to learn from each other and develop new skills. We work in collaboration with like-minded projects, and encourage critical as well as creative engagement with our own histories and current struggles.
As an archive from below, we are a collectively run space that is people powered, with open stacks and accessibility for all. We are supported by the community that believes in what we’re doing. Our operational expenses are paid by individuals who give regular monthly donations, through the support of one-time financial gifts of any amount.
Articles to Edit and Improve
Articles to Create
Creating new articles about radio stations can be tricky; their notability may be disputed. Please talk to someone if you'd like to start one; you may find the book A Passion for Radio useful (it's on the reading shelf)
"Station-specific sources:"
Radio Rebelde has a website. Radio Freedom: There's some information in JSTOR. Here's an open access article from the Africa Media Review (1994). Radio Student also has a website, and this particular page was useful (once run through Google translation). This article needs translating as well. English sources included this pamphlet from the European Commission, and a few passages from this book available on Google Books. Here's a second useful book/section as well.
General sources accessible with NYPL or academic library account: Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media Oxford Reference Project Muse JSTOR
Please click here and list what page you are working on so we can collaborate and/or not double up.