Community Narratives and Systemic Bias

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Community Narratives and Systemic Bias

Sunday 28 September 2025, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm IST

33rd DCW Conversation Hour

This Conversation Hour features Shanmugapriya, an Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dhanbad. With a background spanning postdoctoral research at the University of Toronto Scarborough and Lancaster University, she brings rich international experience to her work. Her research intersects digital humanities, environmental humanities, and digital literature, with a strong interest in how technology mediates cultural expression and knowledge creation. She also serves as an interim executive committee member of DHARTI (Digital Humanities Alliance for Research and Teaching Innovations) and is a Research Fellow of the Electronic Literature Organization.

As knowledge ecosystems increasingly shift online, questions of whose voices are represented, how systemic bias shapes narratives, and how communities can reclaim storytelling spaces become ever more urgent. In this session, we will explore the role of community-driven knowledge in resisting bias, the persistence of exclusionary structures across digital platforms, and the possibilities digital humanities offer for inclusive and equitable participation. Aligned with the Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy—particularly the goals of ensuring equity in decision-making, promoting knowledge equity, and innovating in free knowledge practices—this Conversation Hour will invite us to reflect on how Wikimedia communities can challenge systemic bias, amplify marginalized voices, and build more resilient and representative knowledge systems for the future. Drawing on her expertise at the crossroads of literature, technology, and culture, Shanmugapriya will guide us in rethinking the role of narratives in shaping free knowledge and in strengthening Wikimedia’s mission of equity and inclusion.

Mode: Online Mode
Location: Zoom

Link (if applicable): https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81726797923 – or download calendar item (.ics)

Keywords: DCW Conversation Hour

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