When?
March 15th, 2026
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Where?
Ann Arbor District Library
343 S 5th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
4th Floor
What?
What would a truly feminist internet look like?
Artists and activists who identify as women, non-binary, trans, queer, Black, Indigenous, or people of color only make up a fraction of contributors and content subjects in Wikimedia. As generative AI plays a larger role in the internet, it is more important than ever to diversify the internet. Join us to learn how you can take action to address this imbalance by editing Wikipedia and Wikidata!
The event will kick off with a panel of University of Michigan faculty members on creating a feminist, inclusive, and more equitable internet.
The presentation will be followed by a Wikipedia and Wikidata Edit-a-thon. That’s right – for the first time, Ann Arbor Art + Feminism will incorporate Wikidata as well as Wikipedia. Wikidata can be described as Wikipedia’s structured data counterpart, designed as an open platform that can be read and edited by both humans and machines. Wikidata ensures that all Wikimedia projects – like Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons – can get their information from the same place. As a freely available information resource, it also can be used to standardize and enrich other open databases and software. We will provide a hands-on workshop for beginners, reference materials, and lunch from Chela’s.
Speakers
Panel
Michaelanne Thomas, Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information
Chelsea Peterson-Salahuddin, Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information
Molly Kleinman, managing director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy program, Ford School of Public Policy
The panel will be moderated by Meredith Kahn, Librarian for Gender & Sexuality Studies and American Culture, U-M Library
Tutorial
Jesse Johnston, Clinical Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information
Kate Topham, Digital Scholarship Specialist, U-M Library
Schedule
- 1:00pm-2:00pm – Panel: “Imagine a Different Internet” & Lunch from Chela’s
- 2:00-2:30pm – Wikipedia & Wikidata tutorials
- 2:30-4:00pm – Wiki Edit-a-thon!
This event is in partnership with Ann Arbor District Library, U-M Library, and LSA Technology Services.