Producing and Debating History Historical Knowledge on Wikipedia

This book explores how historical knowledge is produced in one of the most central digital communities of knowledge, Wikipedia. By placing Wikipedia editors at the center of inquiry and by shedding light on the debates that exist behind each article, this book investigates how Wikipedia editors enga...

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Main Author Apostolopoulos, Petros
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2024
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Edition1
SeriesStudies in Digital History and Hermeneutics
Subjects
Digital History
Encyclopaedias and reference works
General encyclopaedias
History
History and Archaeology
History: specific events and topics
Public History
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
Social and cultural history
Wikipedia
Public history
Digital history
Wikipedia
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ISBN9783111069586
9783111069234
3111069583
9783111069951
3111069230
3111069958
ISSN2629-4540
DOI10.1515/9783111069586

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Summary:This book explores how historical knowledge is produced in one of the most central digital communities of knowledge, Wikipedia. By placing Wikipedia editors at the center of inquiry and by shedding light on the debates that exist behind each article, this book investigates how Wikipedia editors engage with historical events of the past and transform the past into Wikipedia historical articles.
ISBN:9783111069586
9783111069234
3111069583
9783111069951
3111069230
3111069958
ISSN:2629-4540
DOI:10.1515/9783111069586