Democracy/Event/29 11 2017/1

Mercredi du Numérique - Wikipedia, a two-tier democracy?
Date	Wed 29 November 2017
Time	12:45pm
Venue	Musée L
Address	Place des Sciences 3 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve
City
Price	Free
Website	[1]
Topics	Democracy Free Software
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Wikipedia, a two-tier democracy? (Wikipédia, une démocratie à deux vitesses ?) Evénement en anglais

While Wikipedia, the encyclopedia, is organized according to a participatory & peer-to-peer model, the Wikimedia follows a more traditional organizational structure.

Shouldn't the democratic ideal inspiring Wikipedia also extend to the organization of the Wikimedia Foundation?

For example, should the Wikimedia Foundation become a user- and worker-managed cooperative?

Speakers

Lionel Scheepmans, Wikipedian, PhD student in anthropology

Romaine, Wikimedia Belgium

Respondent : Thomas Ferretti, researcher in philosophy (Chaire Hoover)

Event open to the public. UCL members are kindly requested to bring their student/employee card.

Événement ouvert au public : les membres de l’UCL sont priés de se munir de leur carte d’étudiant/membre du personnel