Rewriting Diversity: Editing Wikipedia and Opening Science

<p><strong>Episode Summary:</strong></p> <p>The podcast this episode will report directly from an &lsquo;Edit-a-thon&rsquo; that aims to celebrate International Women&rsquo;s Day 2019 by improving diversity on Wikipedia pages. The podcast will investigate what the challenges to diversity in science are and how the Open Science movement can help.</p> <p><strong>Organising Institutions:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.mdc-berlin.de/">Max Delbr&uuml;ck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC)</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bihealth.org/en/">Berlin Institute of Health</a><a href="https://www.bihealth.org/en/">&nbsp;(BIH)</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.charite.de/en/">Charit&eacute; Universit&auml;tsmedizin Berlin,</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.leibniz-fmp.de/home.html">Leibniz Forschungsinstitut f&uuml;r Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)</a></p> <p><strong>Interviewees:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/karinhoehne">Dr Karin H&ouml;hne</a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Wade">Dr Jess Wade</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alice-white-61897a2a/?originalSubdomain=uk">Dr Alice White</a></p> <p><a href="http://fmp-berlin.academia.edu/WingYingChow">Dr Wing&nbsp;Ying&nbsp;Chow (Ying)</a></p> <p>Steph (Attendee and Science&nbsp;Communicator)</p> <p><strong>Links:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32412121">How to Edit a Wikipedia Page</a>&nbsp;- BBC Article</p> <p><a href="https://wellcomelibrary.org/">Wellcome Library</a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferior_(book)">Inferior, Angela Saini</a>&nbsp;(The book that inspired Jess Wade)</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@denalbz/reimagining-open-science-through-a-feminist-lens-546f3d10fa65">Reimagining Open Science Through a Feminist Lens</a></p> <p><strong>Quotes:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&#39;We have so many women doing incredible work so we just wanted to make them visible&#39;</p> <p>&#39;Men&#39;s work is more likely to accepted and more likely to be cited&#39;</p> <p>&#39;One of the things that excites me about Wikipedia is that it is a great gateway for people who might never have clicked on a journal article&#39;</p> <p>&#39;Anything you can do in your pyjamas is a good thing&#39;</p>