Translation and the Production of Knowledge in "Wikipedia": Chronicling the Assassination of Boris Nemtsov

Mark Shuttleworth

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    Abstract

    Based on a set of articles about the assassination of Russian politician Boris Nemtsov from nine different editions of the encyclopaedia, the article examines the place of translation in Wikipedia and the role it plays in knowledge production. Each of the articles is likely to use a number of different information sources, including other Wikipedia articles that are already in existence, with translation contributing to knowledge production as each new article evolves. The article examines questions of flow, visibility, location, evolution, and point of view to build up a picture of the knowledge development of these interrelated articles.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)231-263
    Number of pages33
    JournalAlif
    Issue number38
    Publication statusPublished - Jan 2018

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