The principle of knowledge equity is now secured in our movement’s strategic direction. But what does that mean for wikimedians in practical, day-to-day terms? How do we apply the principles of knowledge equity to our work?
If it means strategically shifting the focus of our work, how do we make those decisions collectively and transparently? Given that we all have limited capacity, might we have to prioritise collaborations with marginalised communities over large powerful institutions? What if we are dependent on those powerful institutions for funding…? Are there ways we can address the interests of those institutions and work towards knowledge equity at the same time?
For those of us who already run dedicated projects that centre specific marginalised communities and knowledges: What have we learned? Can we identify some best practices?
We would like to gather together folks from the movement interested in figuring this out together. We will share experiences and challenges, successes and failures. Whilst we don’t expect to solve this problem in one wikimania session we will try to gather some strategies and make connections as a starting point for further exploration.
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