Wikipedia:Meetup/Dalit History Month 2017

DHM Edit-a-thon
in Delhi, India
	<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Meira_Kumar.jpg/200px-Meira_Kumar.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="266" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="340"> Meira Kumar, Dalit politician
Date	Saturday, May 20, 2017
Details	Email organizers for an invite.

DHM Edit-a-thon
at UC Berkeley
Date	Saturday, April 15, 2017
Time	12pm-4pm
Address	Room 202, UC Berkeley School of Information. South Hall, Berkeley USA.

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This meetup page is an archive of a past event. Please do not edit the contents of this page.

Dalit knowledge and history is too often marginalized or missing from narratives of South Asian history and its diaspora.^[1] Please join us in improving Wikipedia's coverage of Dalit people, events and issues, to share the contributions to history from Dalits around the world!

Edit-a-thons are being organized in India and the United States for Dalit History Month 2017 by Equality Labs with support from Whose Knowledge?. Our goal is to create or improve 60 articles during April and May... and by popular demand, well into the rest of the year!

See below for some events where you can join others to edit Wikipedia in-person. You're also welcome to work on improving Dalit content online anytime :)

Berkeley, USA - April 15

When: Saturday, April 15, 2017, 12pm-4pm
Where: UC Berkeley School of Information. Room 202, South Hall, Berkeley California, USA (map). It's the red brick building opposite the Campanile (bell tower).
Who: Anyone interested in improving Wikipedia articles related to Dalit history. Dalits, women, LGBTQI folks, and allies are all welcome to come and learn more about Dalit history and how to edit Wikipedia. Support will be on hand to help you learn during the events.
How: Just come to the event! During the event, we'll ask you to "enroll" your Wikipedia account so we can keep track of how much amazing Dalit history content everyone creates. ENROLL ME NOW! (passcode = dhm)
Bring: Yourself and a laptop, if you have one -- if not, come anyway! If you have any reference materials (books, articles, etc) on Dalit topics that may be helpful for adding content to Wikipedia, bring those too. We'll supply the snacks and drinks!
Hashtags: #DalitHistory, #WhoseKnowledge
Commons category: Dalit History Month 2017/Berkeley

Delhi, India - May 20

When: Saturday, May 20, 2017
Who: For safety reasons, this event is invitation-only, for Dalits and allies interested in improving Wikipedia articles related to Dalit history. Support will be on hand to help you learn during the events.
How: Please reach out to wikipediaeditathon@riseup.net to request an invitation and more event details if you'd like to join us!
Bring: Yourself and a laptop, if you have one -- if not, come anyway! If you have any reference materials (books, articles, etc) on Dalit topics that may be helpful for adding content to Wikipedia, bring those too. We'll supply the snacks and drinks!
Hashtags: #DalitHistory, #WhoseKnowledge
Commons category: Dalit History Month 2017/Delhi

New York, USA - June 25

When: Sunday, June 25, 2017, 12pm-4pm
Where: The Asian American Writers Workshop, New York (110-112 West 27 Street, Ste. 600).
Who: Anyone interested in improving Wikipedia articles related to Dalit history. Dalits, women, LGBTQI folks, and allies are all welcome to come and learn more about Dalit history and how to edit Wikipedia. Support will be on hand to help you learn during the events.
How: Just come to the event! During the event, we'll ask you to "enroll" your Wikipedia account so we can keep track of how much amazing Dalit history content everyone creates. ENROLL ME NOW! (passcode = DHMNYC)
Bring: Yourself and a laptop, if you have one -- if not, come anyway! If you have any reference materials (books, articles, etc) on Dalit topics that may be helpful for adding content to Wikipedia, bring those too. We'll supply the snacks and drinks!
Hashtags: #DalitHistory, #WhoseKnowledge
Commons category: Dalit History Month 2017/New York

Resources

Sources

Selected books

Homo Hierarchicus, The Caste System and its Implications, Louis Dumont
Riddles in Hinduism, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Who Were the Shudras, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Annihilation of Caste, Dr.B.R. Ambedkar
The Hindus, Wendy Doniger
On Hinduism, Wendy Doniger
We Also Made History: Women in the Ambedkarite Movement, Moon, Meenakshi, and Urmila Pawar.
We Were Adivasis: Aspiration in an Indian Scheduled Tribe, Megan Moody
Religion and the Creation of Race and Ethnicity: An Introduction, edited by Craig R. Prentiss
From Bhakti to Buddhism: Ravidas and Ambedkar, Maren Bellwinkel-Schempp
The Ravi Dasis of Punjab: Global Contours of Caste and Religious Strife, Surinder S. Jodhka
Women heroes and Dalit assertion in north India: Culture, identity and politics, Narayan, Badri.
Religious Rebels in the Punjab, The Ad Dharm Challenge to Caste, Mark Juergensmeyer
Class, Caste, Gender, edited by Manoranjan Mohanty
God as Political Philosopher: Buddha's Challenge to Brahminism, Kancha Ilaiah
Post-Hindu India: a discourse in Dalit-Bahujan, socio-spiritual and scientific revolution, Kancha Ilaiah
Why I Am Not A Hindu: A Sudra Critique of Hindutva Philosophy, Culture and Political Economy, Kancha Ilaiah
Sexuality and Public Space in India: Reading the Visible, Carmel Christy
Language of the Dalit Bahujan Movement, Gopal Guru
Nationalism without a Nation, G. Aloysius

Worklist

List of Wikipedia articles to improve and create for Berkeley worklist

List of Wikipedia articles to improve and create for NYC worklist

Outcomes (Berkeley)

Notes

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