Brazilian scientists have a marathon of editing Wikipedia entries | Science and health

On the International Day of Struggle for Human Rights slimThe French Embassy in Brazil and the French Alliance celebrated Wednesday, March 8, by promoting the event on Wednesday (8) Pioneersfocusing on women facing Sciences that it technologywhich is a way to find out and to value for you Input In the context of date And at the present time, for his important discoveries, his Pioneering spirit And the courage to explore new paths.

From 18:00 a day’s conversation tour will be broadcast Alliance francais brazil youtube. The theme is Vision x Recognition of Women in Science, with Marceli Oliveira, Maria Augusta Silvera, Neto Nunes, Nina da Hora, and Zika dos Santos. Mediation Katia Challita. The events are broadcast on the main broadcast platforms in French and Portuguese.

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The program began in the morning with the holding of Edatona – Wikitathon, a marathon version of entries from the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia, in partnership with the association Wiki Movimento Brasil, to create new pages on Brazilian scientists. The aim is to feature women in science and technology who have achieved greatness and still don’t have an article on the site, such as scientists Andrea Coutinho and Xelia Ludwig and mathematician Eliza Maria, the first black woman to have a Ph.D. in the area. In the country, some of them will be covered at the event.

In an interview with Agência Brasil, Wiki Movimento Brasil Community Manager Érica Azzellini explained that there is no accurate survey of the number of Brazilian women who have entries on Wikipedia.

“What we do know is that there is a structural underrepresentation of biographies of women in different fields of knowledge, compared to their male peers. This is because Wikipedia, in general, reflects the prevailing models of representation of knowledge. Information entered on Wikipedia needs to be linked to a reliable and verifiable source From him and by the influence of Matilda herself [que esconde as mulheres cientistas e atribui seus feitos a homens, ato descrito pela sufragista do século XIX Matilda Joslyn Gage]Including, women are less mentioned in sources we consider reliable, such as scholarly articles and appearances in standardized media, which contributes, therefore, to their disappearance in the Free Encyclopedia as well.

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According to Azellini, the importance of thematic marathons is that they stimulate a sense of community in contributions and raise awareness about topics of interest. “Although editing work is primarily voluntary and can be done individually, Wikipedia has important community spaces and events such as editing courses that bring a very positive sense of welcome and engagement, especially when they are organized with organizations that have values ​​aligned with ours.”

The director explained that there is no definition of how many new pages should be created, since there are “hundreds of entries about women in different fields of knowledge that can be improved, translated or created from scratch. That is, even after the event we will still have a lot to work on.”

According to Wiki Movimento, Wikipedia is one of the ten most accessed websites in the world and has thousands of volunteer editors, who contribute daily to the development of its contents. To improve the representation of women on the site, Wiki Movimento Brasil organizes these events.

exhibition

Today at the event opened the generative art exhibition Women in Science – Looking at the Future. The exhibition celebrates the imagination, entrepreneurial spirit, innovation and visionary spirit of women in science, bringing together artists Isabel Miranda, Brenda Freres and Liquidah. There are 12 unpublished works of digital art, in NFTS type, web 3.0 coded and with print and metaverse visualization, proposed by Zika dos Santos, data scientist, curator and multi-artist.

Zika participated in a panel discussion on the topic “Visibility x Recognition of Women in Science”, on the role of women in male-dominated regions, together with Brazilian researchers and scientists from different regions: Marcel Oliveira, María Augusta SN Nunes, Nina da Hora and my editors Wiki Movimento Brasil, via Katia Challita, President of the French Alliance in Rio.

The chat will address the gap between women’s contributions to science and technology and the visibility of their work, and will assess possible paths to greater inclusion, representation, and appreciation of their role in these fields, as well as combating the Matilda effect, which refers to bias in the recognition of women’s contributions to research, whose work is often attributed to their male colleagues, with their studies and names often forgotten.

Also launched is the second season of the Mentes Pesquisadoras podcast, by French journalist Clémentine Speller, which discusses the Portuguese- and French-speaking women who have marked and continue to mark the history of science. The ceremony was attended by the Municipal Secretary for Policies and Promotion of Women in Rio de Janeiro, Joyce Trindade, and a virtual participant, Brigitte Colette, Ambassador of France to Brazil.

The activities take place in the auditorium and on the stairs of Aliança Francesa in Botafogo, with the live broadcast, starting at 6 p.m., of the YouTube chat wheel from Aliança Francesa Brazil.