EQUIwikiPEDIA Hackathon #1

EQUIwikiPEDIA is an initiative to create an online filtering device, together with the Wikimedia Foundation, for equality and active change making within academia and beyond. Gender and race bias is a well-known problem within humanities as well as other fields of higher education. This is a call to join forces within Royal College of Art and across London to challenge current standards within our field and create an online filtering device for accessing web-based free-content, featuring women, people of colour, differently abled/ people with disability, non-western origin, and LGBTQIA+ exclusively. The aim is to have a positive effect on equality in representation by making it easier to find a wider representation of perspectives besides well established and overrepresented cannons, on any topic or search word. About the event As part of our AcrossRCA research and building week we invite you for a 1-day hackathon, hosted at Royal College of Art. Our task will be to build a functional prototype for a filtering device, enabling the user of getting a more relevant Wikipedia search results when looking for notable people, on any search word, who are marginalised due to systemic bias – women, people of colour, differently abled/ people with disability, non-western origin, and LGBTQIA+.  Skills and experience required As EQUIwikiPEDIA should be developed by people with experience and knowledge from effected intersections of underrepresentation, the initiative is extra open for people of underrepresented groups, with experience of academia, activism, programming, web development, web-design and PR. Catering There will be some food and drinks provided during the day for attendees. Please let us know if you have special dietary requirements and we will endeavour to provide suitable alternatives where required. Code of conduct All attendees, sponsors, partners, volunteers and staff at our hackathon are required to agree with the following code of conduct. Organisers will enforce this code throughout the event. We expect cooperation from all participants to ensure a safe environment for everybody. https://hackcodeofconduct.org/  Terms and conditions By attending the event, you agree to license all ideas under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. We feel that this is the best way to encourage innovation but aspire to make the outcome more widely accessible, avoiding commodification.  Ticket policy Tickets are released on a "first-come, first-served" basis. Tickets are limited to one per person. If you would like someone to attend with you, please ask them to register themselves for the event. Please ensure your details are correct, as these will be checked by security on arrival. If you can no longer attend, please cancel your ticket to allow others to attend, as spaces are limited. We reserve the right to cancel tickets ahead of the event. If you have any questions or comments please get in touch at cicilia.ostholm@network.rca.ac.uk . Schedule 10.00 – Registration, information and coffee 10.45 – Team up!    11.00 – Hack! 12.00 – Lunch will be offered 15.00 – Presentations 16.00 – Event (official) Close 17.30 – Art Bar Opens (https://www.rca.ac.uk/studying-at-the-rca/facilities/locations/eating-and-drinking/) Equipment Please bring your own laptop and any other equipment you are planning to use. Getting to the event The event is being held at Royal College of Art, at the Kensington campus, Kensington Gore, London. The whole day will take place on the ground floor our building, which is fully wheelchair-friendly. The Art Bar is accessible with lift and has an accessible WC. Please let us know in advance if you have any access requirements or if you have any questions about the event’s accessibility. We want to make sure you feel confident about participating.  For further instructions please see RCA Maps & Visiting https://www.rca.ac.uk/contact-us/maps-visiting/ We are not responsible for any costs or expenses even if the event is moved or canceled.