Just For The Record

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Just For The Record is a series of editing workshops in which guest lecturers and organizations are invited to do a presentation on a predefined gender-equality-related topic, bringing a selection of reference documents and analysing the state of the Wikipedia page(s) linked to the topic, paving the way for editing sessions of the concerned page(s) with all the participants.

Purpose

Just for the record aims at addressing gender-equality issues, connecting already existing organisations and reaching toward a broader audience to break down the taboos around gender roles. Without dismissing our heritage, how can we address issues of feminism now, in an inventive and inclusive way?

History and background

The project started with an Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Brussels in 2015, after which it became clear that more gatherings like that were needed.

Contacts

Budget

January-March 2016: PEG grant
April 2016-...: grant request

Timeline

15 January 2016 - Just For The Record: Heroines edit-a-thon in the Pianofabriek, Brussels (documentation | archived website | photos | report)
27 February 2016 - Just For The Record: Gender Redirect edit-a-thon in Amazone, Brussels (documentation | archived website | photos | report)
8 March 2016 - 12:00-18:00 - Just for the record: stand for the International Women’s Day (Muntpunt) (documentation | photos)
18-20 March 2016 - Just For The Record at Ladyfest with two presentations, Brussels
13 April 2016 - Presentation about Gender-neutral writing at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (activity page) (Lfurter)
10 June 2016 - Just For The Record: Bots, robots, cyborgs (Muntpunt), Brussels (documentation | photos)
18 June 2016 - Just For The Record: Bots, robots, cyborgs (Muntpunt), Brussels (documentation | photos)
22 October 2016 - Just For The Record: Red links in Beursschouwburg, Brussels (documentation | archived website)
12 November 2016 - Just For The Record at Pink Screens Festival (Muntpunt), Brussels (documentation | archived website)
4-10 December 2016 - Just For the Record presentation on 5 December + week of presentations and workshops in partnership with Constant VZW
29 January 2017 - Just For The Record: Elles Tournent / Dames Draaien in MundoB, Brussels (documentation | archived website)
8 March 2017 - Just For The Record: Art+Feminism on International Women's Day in the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) in Brussels + evaluation (documentation | archived website | photos) (Lfurter & Romaine)
22 March 2017 - Just For The Record: Memory Factory in La Bellone, Brussels (activity page | archived website)
25 March 2017 - Just For The Record: Relocation : Queer and Feminist Archives in La Bellone, Brussels (activity page | archived website | photos)
6 May 2017 - Just For The Record: Wives and daughters of, at Ladyfest in Maastricht (activity page | archived website)
27 May 2017 - Public Domain Day 2017 (activity page | website Constant: en (A) / fr (A) / nl (A))
- Including: Just For The Record: Public Domain Day (activity page | archived website)
6 May 2017 - Just For The Record: Wives and daughters of: Changing the narrative on Wikipedia at Ladyfest Maastricht 2017 (activity page | archived website | archived program)
1 October 2017 - Just For The Record: changing the narrative, empowering collective writing session on Wikipedia at The F Word Festival 2017 in Amsterdam (activity page | archived website | archived program | archived program description)
18 October 2017 - Just For The Record: Chanting & Recording 1 (activity page | archived website)
22 October 2017 - (Female) Pioneers at Festival Voix de Femmes in KulturA in Liège (activity page | archived website | archived program: en / fr / nl | archived group description: en / fr / nl)
22 November 2017 - Just For The Record: Chanting & Recording 2 (activity page | archived website)
20 December 2017 - Just For The Record: Chanting & Recording 3 (activity page | archived website)
23 May 2018 - Opening of temporary installation at Le Casier (ERG, rue du Page 87, Brussels), vernisage: It ain’t just the web, it’s the way we spin it (archived/archived)
28 June 2018 - Informal presentation rounding up the residency at the cultural center Les Abattoirs de Bomel in Namur

10 November 2018 - Edit-a-thon Wikipédia sur les femmes belges et liégeoises, organised by Just for the Record, du groupe féministe Be Cause Toujours et de la Bibliothèque Chiroux (announcement (archived) \ twitter)

Statistics

The metrics and statistics of this project are:

15 January 2016: 24 participants
27 February 2016: 26 participants
8 March 2016: 34 people at stand
10 June 2016: 36 participants
8 March 2017: 49 participants + 2 coordinators