Anyone wishing to contribute can join one of the Wikipedia writing sessions organised by the Flanders Architecture Institute in cooperation with the project partners. The writing sessions take the form of edit-a-thons, a well-known format where communities come together to write and publish about a particular topic. The aim is to train new editors and improve the quality of the articles on the topic.
Below you will find more information about each writing session and a link to sign up.
In December 2020, we organised digital writing sessions with our partners at KU Leuven, UGent, KASK and UAntwerpen. Due to the second wave of the coronapandemic, the writing sessions with the students of architecture, art history, graphic design and gender studies at these institutions could not take place live. However, thanks to the expertise of Wikimedia Belgium and the good preparations of the students and lecturers, we were able to run them in virtual format.
29 March -2 April 2021
Location: Online (only for participating students of ULB)
Focus: Women at architecture schools; writing session takes place within the framework of the Semaine d'innovation pedagogique
Wikipedia project page21 April 2021
Location: Design Museum Ghent (Jan Breydelstraat 5, 9000 Ghent)
Focus: Female designers in the National Documentation Centre for Art Crafts
Wikipedia project pageArt & History Museum
15 May 2021
Location: Art & History Museum (Parc du Cinquantenaire 10, 1000 Brussels)
Focus: Women in the collection of the Museum of Art and History, in decorative arts and lace
Wikipedia project pageFlanders Architecture Institute
20 May 2021
Location: Music studio, deSingel (Desguinlei 25, 2018 Antwerp)
Focus: women who have left their mark on the design heritage in Belgium
Wikipedia project page21 May 2021
Location to be confirmed
Focus: Subjects from various design disciplines, focusing on the region of Limburg
Wikipedia project page16 June 2021
Location: Design Museum Ghent (Jan Breydelstraat 5, 9000 Ghent)
Focus: Contemporary Belgian women designers
Wikipedia project pagePOSTPONED
Location: Design Museum Brussels (Place Royale 1 - 1020 Brussels)
Focus: Women in the collection of the Design Museum Brussels, looking ahead to the exhibition season 2021-2022
Wikipedia project pageAR-TUR x Berg en Nete x Erfgoed Noorderkempen x Erfgoedcel k.Erf x Kempens Karakter
21 June 2021
Location: Cultuurhuis De Warande (Warandestraat 42, 2300 Turnhout)
Focus: Designers, but also women who have had an impact on the designed environment in the Kempen through organisations
Wikipedia project page28 June 2021
Location: Modemuseum Hasselt (Gasthuisstraat 11, 3500 Hasselt)
Focus: Women who made their mark on fashion in Belgium
Wikipedia project page24 September 2021
Location: ULB Library, Faculté d'Architecture La Cambre Horta (Place Flagey 19, 1050 Brussels)
Focus: women who have contributed to the designed environment in Belgium
More info & registration Wikipedia project page
