W6-1. Encyclopedic Anxiety / ji eun Bang

Encyclopedic Anxiety

Wikipedia has caused social unrest. Wikipedia is a place where discussions are activated because anyone can edit and collaborate. Much as reference works might inspire passionate dedication in their contributors, they also, seemingly, can inspire passionate disparagement.  

Wikipedia can also be authoritative. There are elements to this in the arguments about Wikipedia, particularly over the way it is produced. Describing how knowledge is constituted can be difficult, but one can identify three ways for how we might think of knowledge production throughout history. First, you should know that an encyclopedia with little contact with people is useless. Second, the production of reference work eventually surpassed everyone's ability. Finally, there is Wikipedia and other open content. In earlier chapters I explore how this community and its culture facilitate the production of an encyclopedia


Reference works can prompt and embody currents of social unease.We should not dramatize our views or religious opinions in Wikipedia (e.g. alt-left or alt-right)I first knew that reference could destabilize Wikipedia. Reference literature will always have to be considered objectively and critically, recognizing that too subjective opinions or views may be included in accordance with the direction of the researcher's research.


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