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Reconstructions:Architecture and Blackness in America
Black Lunch Table online editathon with MoMA on Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America
When and Where
Date:Saturday May 22nd, 2021
Time:11 AM - 2 PM EST

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Event description

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The Black Lunch Table (BLT) will host an online edit-a-thon w/ Museum of Modern Art that focuses on architects and topics associated with the exhibition: Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America. The online edit-a-thon will be Saturday May 22nd, 2021 from 11am - 2pm EST. Comments from the exhibition curators as well as an overview of Wiki basics, an introduction to the Wikimedia Community and how to edit will be held at the beginning of the session.

No specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. Support will be available throughout the event. The event is free and open to all.

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Details and Agenda

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Date: Saturday, May 22nd, 2021
Time: 11 am - 2 pm EST
Location: 
Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, photographers, teachers, writers, journalists, curators, the curious...
What to Bring: Your laptop and a friend! 
Agenda: * Welcome * Exhibition introduction w/ Mabel O. Wilson * Presentation /Wiki Overview * Editing time / Questions * Goals: Create a user account (if new to Wikipedia), create user page with at least one sentence, sign up for edit-a-thon on this Wikipedia Meetup page, make at least one edit to a Wikipedia page * BLT Wiki onboarding presentation * Etherpad:BlackLunchTable - Keep track of live editing during our session * Resources and How-to's

About Black Lunch Table

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Black Lunch Table (BLT)is a nonprofit organization and sixteen-year ongoing artist collaboration.BLT’s primary aim has been the production of discursive sites, wherein cultural producers engage in dialogue on a variety of critical issues.

Black Lunch Table Wikimedians mobilize the creation and improvement of a specific set of Wikipedia articles that pertain to the lives and works of Black artists. In the field of mainstream contemporary art, Black artists are still marginalized within our field.

Wikipedia estimates that 77% of their editors are white and 91% of their editors are men. Our work shifts this demographic and empowers people to write their own history. Our sessions and events, including BLT Photobooth and edit-a-thons, equip new editors with the skills and resources to create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles and encourages existing editors to focus on Wikipedia knowledge gaps.

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About 'Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America'

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A part of a series of exhibitions exploring issues in contemporary architecture, Reconstructions presents the newly commissioned works that explore connections between the spaces of Black and diasporic communities and architecture. The projects in the exhibition each engage and propose an intervention within ten different American cities.

Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America

Articles and Artists to edit

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Black Lunch Table's task list is made up of Black visual artists who are under-represented on Wikipedia. We welcome additions to our list so long as they are within our scope. We encourage editors to suggest artists who do not have a page or whose page is a stub over adding an artist who already has a substantial page and presence. Please always defer to Wikipedia's NOTABILTY guidelines for new pages.

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Architects, Artists, and Designers in Reconstructions

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Below you will find the linked Wiki pages of exhibition participants. If their name is in red, they do not have a page yet, but you can change that! For more a list of resources and more about each of the artists you can check out our Reconstructions Resource page for some additional editing guidance.

Associated Topics, Themes, and Works Cited

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Wikicommons Photos

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Photographs and images are an important part of Wiki as well. If you are interested in uploading images use the below resources to learn how and make sure you have the right licensing for all images uploaded.


Attendees

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