This month, join us in discussing multilingual writers' experiences in digital space and improving knowledge equity on Wikipedia. Alexandra Krasova — a PhD Candidate in Composition and Applied Linguistics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania — will share her research on multilingual students’ writing practices and reflect on multilingual writers’ experiences in digital space. She will explain why it is important to include multilingual writers to promote digital equity and inclusivity. Finally, Alexandra will focus on multilinguals in Wikipedia and discuss the reasons why their practices vary and how it contributes to knowledge equity.
After the talk, participants will be trained on how to edit Wikipedia. After training, participants will have the opportunity to improve and create Wikipedia articles related to pivotal scholars and scholarship about multilingual writers in digital space.
This is an interactive workshop. There will be opportunities for discussion, questions, and live editing.
All comp/rhet scholars are welcome no matter their level of experience with Wikipedia. This event is limited to 25 participants.
The workshop will be hosted on Zoom by Savannah Cragin, the CCCC Wikipedian-in-Residence. This event is sponsored by the CCCC Wikipedia Initiative with funding from the Wikimedia Foundation.
