Wikimania Gdansk 2010 presentation at the Green Hall. Day 3. "An interdisciplinary approach to Wikipedia: literary criticism, linguistics, anthropology, and sociolinguistic research". Author: J. Gustavo Gongora.

1. An interdisciplinary approach to Wikipedia: literary criticism, linguistics, anthropology and sociolinguistic research. By J. Gustavo Góngora Goloubintseff

3. A philosophical movement of the 20 th century.

4. It focused mainly on language, as a system in constant change.

6. Michel Foucault (1926-84)

7. Jacques Derrida (1930-2004)

8. Hélène Cixous (b. 1937)

9. Etc.

11. Why do we pay special attention to the author and neglect the role of the reader(s)?

13. In Wikipedia, priority is given to free contents and many authors can co-edit and modify what another has done.

17. Signified : the idea conveyed by the signifier.

19. Pullman vs autobus (it.wiki)

20. Lift vs Elevator (en.wiki)

22. Different signifiers can point to the same signified.

23. Neologisms, dialects, etc.

24. The best example is Wikipedia herself! Güquipedia, Viquipèdia, Wikipédia, Βικιπαίδεια.

25. Anthropological approach: Wikipedia and the Basque, Galician and Catalan cultures.

27. To promote Basque.

30. Identification with the philosophy of the project.

31. To spread the scope of Catalan online.

34. Cons : too much work and lack of people and administrators; some isolated arguments.

36. Cons : there are still many topics to write about, some small articles need more attention, and the relationship between different linguistic versions also needs to be improved. There is -luckily- too much work to do!

39. It has helped to normalize and “keep alive” the Galician language.

40. Emphasis on Galician subjects.

42. For ca.wiki to be in the 14 th place regarding the number of articles is quite significant, bearing in mind that Catalan is the 93 rd most spoken language in the world.

44. Its special field of application has been at schools.

45. Other factors, apart from those cultural ones, have played a crucial role (leisure, learning new things, the idea of being part of something “important”, etc)

47. The possessive “ llur” is less common.

48. Other variations include sigui/siga (subjunctive), etc.

50. Muelle vs resorte.

51. The use of the 2 nd person plural “vosotros” vs “ustedes” (Spanish America)

52. Torta vs tarta vs pastel, etc.

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