MAY 9 | 6:30pm at McNally Jackson Seaport
The Depths of Wikipedia
feat. Annie Rauwerda, Michael Mandiberg, and Stephen Harrison
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Join Annie Rauwerda, Michael Mandiberg, and Stephen Harrison as they discuss the challenges and opportunities for Wikipedia, a.k.a. "The Last Best Place on the Internet." The conversation will explore Wikipedia's role as an open-source archive, address questions of bias and reliability, examine the relationship between editors and the Wikimedia Foundation, and discuss the politics of "notability."
Annie Rauwerda is a Wikipedia editor and enthusiast in New York City. She posts unusual Wikipedia articles on social media on accounts called "Depths of Wikipedia" and is writing a book about the behind-the-scenes drama and delight of creating the world's largest and most accessible information source. It will be published by Little, Brown in 2026.
Michael Mandiberg is an interdisciplinary artist who created Print Wikipedia, edited The Social Media Reader (NYU Press), and co-founded Art+Feminism. Their work has been exhibited at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, and Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, amongst others. Mandiberg is Professor of Media Culture at the College of Staten Island, CUNY and Doctoral Faculty at The Graduate Center, CUNY.
Stephen Harrison has covered Wikipedia as a freelance journalist for the New York Times, The Guardian, WIRED, and Slate. Known as the leading reporter on the Wikipedia beat, he is also a tech lawyer and the author of The Editors, a novel inspired by Wikipedia and its volunteer contributors.