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Revisiting Cyberfeminism – Part 3
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Revisiting Cyberfeminism
Online panel discussion with Winnie Soon & Mindy Seu
🗓 23th April 2026
🕒 6pm – 8pm Online (link will be published here)
Online Talk with
Winnie Soon
Mindy Seu
– initiated by
Revisiting Cyberfeminism
and hosted by
Critical Media Lab
, HGK Basel
📍 and on site in Basel: Critical Media Lab, HGK Basel (3. OG HGK)
Follow up Edit-a-thon on site in Basel
🗓 25th April 2026
🕒 11am – 5pm small Edit-a-thon in Basel at Amerbach Studios, Amerbachstrasse 55a
followed by a dinner and a screening
This time we meet in Basel to revisit the concept and histories of cyberfeminism and how Wikipedia articles about cyberfeminism can be read and understood in various ways across different language versions.
Revisiting Cyberfeminism – Part 2
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9th to 11th May 2025 / Revisiting cyber feminism: an edit-a-thon / Cyberfeminism: Contexts & Sceneries
Edit-a-thon with
Wiki Riot Squad
Who writes his_tory?
und Athina Petsou.
🗓 9–11th May 2025
🕒 Friday meeting at 3pm, Saturday 11–20h, Sunday as we wish
Bildwechsel
, Kirchenallee 24, 20099 Hamburg
Follow up
this time we meet in Hamburg to revisit the concept of cyberfeminism and how Wikipedia articles about cyberfeminism can be read and understood in various ways across different language versions. . .
Register: info(at)whowriteshistory.me
to work on:
Cyberfeminist Manifesto
Technofeminismus
new:
Verena Kuni
Yvonne Volkart
Josephine Bosma
Sabine Himmelsbach
Haus für Medienkunst Oldenburg
worked on:
Cyberfeminismus
Revisiting Cyberfeminism – Part 1
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Dashboardlink
Event Details:
🗓 Date: 07–08th December 2024
🕒 Berlin from 11am, online schedule see event details
📍 Location I: Lindenstraße 91, 10969 Berlin (Ground floor), Enter via E.T.A-Hoffmann Promenade
📍 Location II: Online (link follows after registration)
Berlin and online, 7 to 8 December 2024 + online follow up, 14th December 2024
From Saturday 7th to Sunday 8th of December 2024, we will meet in Berlin to revisit the concept of cyberfeminism and how Wikipedia articles about cyberfeminism can be read and understood in various ways across different language versions. We want to discuss as well as refresh them by adding current expertises and experiences. How do we connect ourselves with the term cyberfeminism, as we do feminist work in a technological landscape such as Wikimedia? This discursive workshop will be supplemented by readings.
Parralel to the gathering in Berlin, there is an online workshop hosted by Khoj Studios, New Delhi - open to a global public. On December 14th, 2024, there is an online follow up event for open questions and final edits.
Please register for the event until December 6th, 2024 via
revisiting.cyberfeminism
proton
me
Please indicate whether you will participate online or on site in Berlin. Please also let us know if you need an Wikipedia-introduction or if you already have some editing-knowledge. If required, introductions will take place to explain how Wikipedia is edited. The idea is that different people with different language skills are present, the common language is expected to be English.
Revisiting Cyberfeminism
is an initiative by
Wiki Riot Squad
Who writes his_tory?
, and Athina Petsou. It is a cooperation with
bildwechsel/GuterGrund GmbH, Khoj Studios
, and financially supported by Wikimedia.
Event Details – BERLIN –
on site
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hosted by Wiki Riot Squad, Who writes his_tory? & Athina Petsou
🕒 7th Dec
11 am – 6:30 pm CET
8 pm CET public reading session (without prior registration)
🕒 8th Dec
11 am - 5 pm CET
Event Details –
online
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hosted by Khoj Studios New Delhi & Daniela Brugger
🕒 7th Dec
11 am – 2:30 pm BERLIN, CET
3:30 pm – 7 pm NEW DELHI, IST
🕒 8th Dec
11 am – 4 pm BERLIN, CET
3:30 pm – 7:30 pm NEW DELHI, IST
Event Details –
FOLLOW UP – online
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hosted by Khoj Studios New Delhi, Wiki Riot Squad, Who writes his_tory? & Athina Petsou
🕒 14th Dec (optional)
11 am – 2 pm BERLIN, CET
3:30 pm – 6:30 pm NEW DELHI, IST
Detailed Program
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SATURDAY
December 7th
ON SITE - BERLIN
Central European Time
ONLINE
Central European Time
ONLINE
Indian Standard Time
Good to know
Start & welcome: arrival & coffee
11.00
11 am
3.30 pm
Online gathering:
Introduction of the topic/structure
Short introduction round of participants
Forming Editing Groups - who works on what language version or content?
11.15 - 13.00
11.15 am - 1.00 pm
3.45 - 5.30 pm
all participants meet online
english is presumably the common language - please let us know if you prefer other languages/translations
Break: beverages & food
13.00
1.00 pm
5.30 pm
Editing instructions for beginners:
optional
14.00 - 14.30
2 - 2.30 pm
6.30 - 7.00 pm
optional for those who need it
Editing:
The online space stays open to connect, individual use of the online space
14.30 - 18.30
2.30 pm - 4.30 pm
7.00 pm - 9pm
online official end 2.30 pm respectively 7.00 pm
the online space is optional to join, otherwise independent/individual editing time
Break: beverages & food
18.30
Readings
20.00
recorded readings w/ Vimeo Link?
(tbc)
SUNDAY
December 8th
ON SITE - BERLIN
Central European Time
ONLINE
Central European Time
ONLINE
Indian Standart Time
Good to know
Online check in
11.00 - 11.30 am
3.30 - 4 pm
Questions?
What was read or edited so far?
What would should be read or edited?
Arrival & coffee
11.00
Editing:
The online space stays open to connect, individual use of the online space
11.30
11.30 am - 1.30 pm
4 - 6 pm
the online space is optional to join, otherwise independent/individual editing time
Break: beverages & food
13.00
1.30 pm
6 pm
Hybrid roundtable: online & on site
14.00 - 15.00
2 - 3 pm
6.30 - 7.30 pm
all participants meet online
exchange round: experiences, observations, feelings
official ending online at 7.30pm
infos about the follow up event on December 14th
Writing and open discussion
16.00
The space in Berlin stays open until 18.00 for conversations & editing
Optional editing
until 18.00
Workshop details
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Cyberfeminism describes the efforts of feminists theorising, critiquing, and re-reading the internet as a space of empowerment, focusing on how biased technology could challenge or reinforce gender norms. This movement emerged in the early 1990s to explore and challenge the power structures embedded in technology and online platforms, questioning who controls information, who gets to participate, and how gender influences and is influenced by these dynamics.
Wikipedia is one of the most visited and influential community knowledge platforms online. Yet, wikipedia still has significant gaps in content related topics about women, queer people and other marginalised groups, which has been a base for a feminist critique. As we see it, it would have been a prime site for cyberfeminist activism. However, when it launched after the millenium, cyberfeminist action already began to fade away. Furthermore, cyberfeminist topics, activists and groups are currently underrepresented in the online encyclopedia.
In this workshop, we will update and expand Wikipedia articles on cyberfeminism across different language regions. We want to re-read and re-search the movement of cyberfeminism within and through the framework of Wikipedia. By contributing to Wikipedia collaboratively, we engage in an act of knowledge production that challenges the systemic biases inherent to the platform. The movement of cyberfeminism itself has also often been critiqued for being biased, as it was represented by predominantly white, Western, and cisgender women, overlooking the experiences of women of color, trans individuals, and those outside of the Western digital context. This exclusion reflects broader patterns of marginalization in feminist movements and highlights the need for more intersectional approaches in understanding gender and technology. Our workshop will consider these critiques as we engage with the material, aiming to reflect a more inclusive and diverse perspective in the Wikipedia articles we contribute to.
The workshop will not only involve editing but also emphasise on the conversational aspect of writing. By finding ourselves using different sources, perspectives, and experiences, we want to contribute to a richer understanding of these topics. The first day of the event will end with a special participatory reading session at 7 PM, as a chance to approach these critical themes and materials with our own voice outloud.
This event is organised in cooperation with Who writes his_tory?, wiki riot squad, Athina Petsou, Khoj Studios, Bildwechsel and GuterGrund GmbH, with financial support from Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimedia CH, and Wikimedia UK
We look forward to your participation in this collective project of feminist knowledge-building.
Impressions
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The "Revisiting Cyberfeminism" event took place in Berlin from December 7th to 8th, 2024, with a follow-up session on December 14th. Organized by Wiki Riot Squad, Who writes his_tory?, and Athina Petsou, in cooperation with bildwechsel/GuterGrund GmbH and Khoj Studios, the event was financially supported by Wikimedia DE, CH and UK. The primary goal was to revisit and update Wikipedia articles related to cyberfeminism, ensuring that the content reflects diverse experiences.
The concept of cyberfeminism, which emerged in the early 1990s, has been a critical framework for understanding and challenging the power structures embedded in technology and online platforms through a feminist perspective. This movement focuses on how biased technology can challenge or reinforce gender norms, questioning who controls information, who gets to participate, and how gender influences and is influenced by these dynamics. In December 2024, a Wikipedia event titled "Revisiting Cyberfeminism" took place in Berlin and online, aiming to refresh and expand the discourse around cyberfeminism through collaborative efforts on Wikipedia. Among others we created and translated articles in english, german, french and spanish wikipedia, about Frauen+technik, Old Boys Network, etc.
I loved the fact that the event brought together different participants: artists, historical figures who were part of the Cyberfeminist movement in the 90s, wikipedians, students, researchers and theoritics.The Berlin event took place in an artist atelier and included a series of workshops, readings, and collaborative editing sessions. It was lovely to hear stories and have a look in the archival material of the different groups (-Innen, frauen·und·technik, Old Boys Network).
More importantly for me, the event was structured as a hybrid gathering, with participants joining both on-site in Berlin and online from various locations, including a parallel workshop hosted by Khoj Studios in New Delhi, following the tradition of cyberfeminism movement itself.
Cyberfeminism has historically been underrepresented in online spaces, and this event aimed to address that gap by bringing together diverse voices and perspectives. We also read poems from the archives and from contemporary poets working on the cyber feminist topics. The collaborative nature of the event allowed participants to learn from each other, share their expertise, stories and new ideas and create a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of cyberfeminism. Also, the intergenerational nature of the event is a good heritage on the online and in flesh feminist discourses.
The "Revisiting Cyberfeminism" event was more than just an edit-a-thon; it was a collaborative effort to engage in knowledge production that challenges the systemic biases inherent in online platforms and technological products. By updating and expanding articles on cyberfeminism, participants contributed to a more inclusive and accurate representation of feminist work in the technological landscape. Also, it was a chance to reflect on our own lives and work, discuss and connect. Hopefully, meeting you all again soon and to our new projects.
Participants BERLIN
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To register, please write a short e-mail if you attend online or on site to:
revisiting.cyberfeminism
proton
me
--Helga Broll (organiser)
--Memoryschaum (organiser)
--Sāḥerä (organiser)
--AthinaPetsou (organiser)
--ylvie_ocean (organiser)
--NB-Edit
--Grizma
--Ruesselbueffel
--M.K. (no account yet)
--Yasminkaa
--Massenmedien
--J.S.
--EliLin26
--Artistic*researcher
--Storytellings
Participants ONLINE
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To register, please write a short e-mail if you attend online or on site to:
revisiting.cyberfeminism
proton
me
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Elena Patrise
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06:02, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
(organiser)
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--V.K.
--L.D. (no account yet)
--Annette Rosen
--M.N. (no account yet)
--D.S. (no account yet)
--R.C. (no account yet)
--R.J. (no account yet)
--P.R.M. (Sunday only)
--morehands
--Davida
--Madamebiblio
--D. (no account yet)
--J.T. (no account yet)
--A.G. (no account yet)
--S.M. (no account yet)
--C.M. (Sunday only)
--S. (no account yet)
Pages to work on
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de:Cyberfeminismus
en:Cyberfeminism
es:Ciberfeminismo
fr:Cyberfeminisme
it:Cyberfeminismo
as:চাইবাৰ নাৰীবাদ
en:Old Boys Networkeventually
translate it into German (NB-Edit) and in French (Yasminkaa)
Hindi ? in general: how to eventually translate between German-English-Hindi
focussing on hyperlinks and connections of the different articles in the realm of cyberfeminism on wikipedia
translation of the article
:en:VNS Matrix
to German (Memoryschaum)
translation of the article
:en:Josephine_Starrs
to German
translation of the article
:en:Julianne_Pierce
to German
translation of the article of
:fr:Roberte_la_Rousse
adding info
de:Künstliche_Intelligenz
on wikipedia (morehands)
adding info
de:Gender-Data-Gap
on wikipedia (morehands)
adding info to the page of
de:Nathalie Magnan
adding info to the page of
:en:Technofeminism
(Elena Patrise)
New Pages
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I'm translating the passage "Non-white cyberfeminism" from the EN-WP and will add it to the german page
de:Cyberfeminismus
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Grizma
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10:39, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
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writing article on The Art of Getting Organised, The Beautiful Warriors
de:-Innen (Künstlerinnengruppe)
(Ellen Nonnenmacher and Susanne Ackers) --
Sāḥerä
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11:48, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
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creating a page for Verena Kuni und Helene von Oldenburg
Claudia Reiche-NB-Edit
de:Claudia Reiche)
Nadja Buttendorf --
79.140.115.49
14:09, 7 December 2024 (UTC)--
Ylvie ocean
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10:03, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
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Old Boys Network-AthinaPetsou (English)
Old Boys Network-NB-Edit (deutsch)
de:Old Boys Network
Feministische Technowissenschaften (deutsch)
Technofeminismus
(deutsch)--
Ylvie ocean
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10:03, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
gerne Mithilfe beim Artikel, hier ist der Entwurf:
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fr:Technoféminisme
(French)
fr: Mathilde Saliou
(French)
de:Janine Sack
(deutsch)
Helene Oldenburg Entwurf
Grizma +NB edit (deutsch)
Laurence Rassel
Grizma (deutsch)
Verena Kuni
NB-Edit (deutsch)
Useful Material
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Collection of related websites and publications
German-language users: Get registered in the
Wikipedia Library
! You need at least 500 edits to create an account. Tons of free scientific papers from paywall protected pages. --
Grizma
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10:49, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
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