Decolonising Wikipedia x London’s Colonial Her/Histories

A presentation about the University of the Arts London and Wikimedia UK partnership project 'Decolonising Wikipedia x London’s Colonial Her/Histories', which invites and supports people to examine London’s colonial her/histories and legacies, through an anti-racist, decolonial lens, and to update public knowledge of this through editing Wikipedia. The project was led by Lucy Panesar through 2021-22 and she worked in collaboration with UAL students and participants of the South London Gallery’s youth programme to edit specific pages related to the colonial history of Crystal Palace Park, including the 1911 Festival of Empire. In this presentation, she outlines the work with collaborators Alex Goodall (LCC student and UAL Decolonising Wikipedia Assistant) and Sam Baraitser Smith (South London Gallery’s Young Researcher).