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Wikipedia, heterotopi och versioner av kulturella minnen

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Author

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.

Department/s

Publishing year

2011

Language

Swedish

Publication/Series

Human IT

Volume

11

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Högskolan i Borås

Topic

  • Information Studies

Keywords

  • biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap
  • archives
  • encyclopaedias
  • Foucault
  • heterotopia
  • knowledge production
  • Wikipedia
  • library- and information studies

Status

Published

Research group

  • Information Studies
  • Information Practices: Communication, Culture and Society

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1402-1501