Wikipedia, heterotopi och versioner av kulturella minnen
Författare
Summary, in English
The article draws together studies on encyclopaedic expressions throughout history with Foucault's notion of heterotopia, i.e. actually existing utopias or ‘other’, particular spaces that exist besides society's regular spaces and which work according to their own rules. It explores how we can understand contemporary online encyclopaedias, specifically Wikipedia, as digital heterotopias. For this it investigates Wikipedia as an archive for our cultural memory in its different – and sometimes contested – versions. In conclusion, participatory online encyclopaedias are framed as a continuation of an Enlightenment ideal as well as distinct networked spaces that are made possible through the affordances of the Internet.
Avdelning/ar
- Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap
- Information Practices: Communication, Culture and Society
Publiceringsår
2011
Språk
Svenska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Human IT
Volym
11
Issue
3
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Högskolan i Borås
Ämne
- Information Studies
Nyckelord
- biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap
- archives
- encyclopaedias
- Foucault
- heterotopia
- knowledge production
- Wikipedia
- library- and information studies
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Information Studies
- Information Practices: Communication, Culture and Society
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1402-1501