Critical Point of View conference:

Date: 12-13 January 2010, Bangalore | March 26-27 2010, Amsterdam

Location: the Bangalore International Centre (IN) and Public Library Amsterdam (NL)
Organized by: Institute of Network Cultures
Website: http://www.networkcultures.org/cpov

The Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore, India) and the Institute of Network Cultures (Amsterdam, Netherlands) seek to bring together ideas, experiences and scholarship about Wikipedia in a reader that charts out detailed user stories as well as empirical and analytical work to produce.. The organisations will jointly host two separate conferences aimed at building a Wikipedia Knowledge Network and charting scholarship and stories about The Wikipedia from around the world.

With the Wikipedia conference – A Critical Point of View -, the Institute of Network Cultures aims to critically reflect on the way Wikipedia has emerged as the de facto global reference of dynamic knowledge. Different groupd – Wikipedians, users, academics, researchers, gurus of Web 2.0, publishing houses, artists and governments have entered into fierce debates and discussions about what the rise of Wikipedia and Wiki cultures means and how they influence the information societies we live in. The Wikipedia itself has been at the centre of much controversy, pivoted around questions of accuracy, anonymity, vandalism, expertise, and authority.

The Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore, India) and the Institute of Network Cultures (Amsterdam, Netherlands) are working together to produce a critical reader on Wikipedia and to build a Wikipedia Knowledge Network. Under the rubric CPOV, we propose two events that bring together different perspectives, approaches, experiences and stories that critically explore different questions and concerns around Wikipedia. The proceedings from these two events will result in a reader that consolidates critical points of view about Wikipedia.

Conference speakers include Ramon Reichert (AU), Jeanette Hofman, Mathieu O’Neil (AU), Gerard Wormser, Scott Kildall, Patrick Lichty (USA), Dan O’Sullivan, Andrew Famigletti, Teemu Mikkonen, Felipa Ortega (ES), Stuart Geiger, Richard Rogers (USA/NL) and more.

themes: Wiki Theory, Encyclopedia Histories, Wiki Art, Designing Debate, Wikipedia Analytics, Global Issues

website: for more information go to http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/cpov/about-2/