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Changing the Ratio
Alyssa Wright discusses the gender disparities in OpenStreetMap (OSM) and the geographical industry, highlighting the low percentage of female contributors and the biases inherent in maps. She emphasizes the need for diversity within OSM to enhance its success and sustainability, proposing actionable steps such as targeted outreach to women and fostering inclusive community practices. The presentation aims to encourage collective intelligence and civic engagement by addressing cultural and operational barriers within the mapping community.
Changing the Ratio
- 1. Changing the Ratio ofOpenStreetMap
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- 7. Maps as Toolsof Empathy
- 8. OpenStreetMap “The Best Mapin the Galaxy.”
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- 10. but it alsodisenfranchises.
- 11. It not enoughthat "anyone" can contribute to OpenStreetMap.
- 13. power to themissing
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- 16. women studies feminist inwomb| academic training 2000
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- 20. tools of empathy MITgraduate research
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- 27. The map isthe journey I
- 28. Community is thedestination. II
- 29. Who is thiscommunity?
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- 31. Team America bias seeking:international statistics
- 32. % of womenin US geo industry?
- 33. 40%Census 2000 and2009 American Community Survey
- 34. female graduates fromgeo programs?
- 35. 34%National GIS AcademicProgram Survey 2012
- 36. female computer sciencegraduates?
- 37. 25%National GIS AcademicProgram Survey 2012
- 38. % of womenwho have heard of OSM? international study
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- 40. % of womenspeakers at this conference? international study
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- 42. % of womenOSM contributors? international studies
- 43. 3%Budhathoki et al2010 | Stark 2011 | Lechner 2011
- 44. % of womenin open source? international studies
- 45. 1%Ghosh et al.2002
- 47. How did thishappen?
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- 49. “Maybe girls justdon’t like
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- 53. or open stuff.” (paraphrasedmansplaining)
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- 55. is a man’sfield,
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- 61. Inertia. This was acommunity started with a particular ideology. Judd Atkin, 2012
- 62. Award Structure. Groups ofpeople relate differently to incentive and motivation. Judd Atkin, 2012
- 63. Communication. Current conversation styles maynot be accessible. Judd Atkin, 2012
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- 65. Reagle, 2013 Open Source. Fewrestrictions on how people treat each creates permission for discrimination.
- 66. Why should youcare?
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- 68. The success ofOSM.
- 70. What do werisk?
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- 72. Maps are biasedby the norms, traditions, assumptions, and political biases of the map maker. J.B Harley 1989 01
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- 81. “Open source communities serveas models for civic engagement.” 02 Alyssa Wright 2013
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- 85. “The beauty ofopen source is that people who dislike each other can produce code for the same product.” 03
- 86. The collective intelligence ofdiversity Lam et al 2011 | Callahan & Herring 2011
- 87. not only expandsthe reach of our maps Lam et al 2011 | Callahan & Herring 2011 The collective intelligence of diversity
- 88. but the sustainabilityof our tools. Lam et al 2011 | Callahan & Herring 2011
- 89. In case youwere sleeping:
- 90. Without diversity werisk stagnation and irrelevance.
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- 92. Life’s a disaster! Whatcan we do?
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- 95. Our Three-Step Dietto Explosive OSM Success.
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- 100. Stop the temper tantrums. Start working withthose you dislike.
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- 102. Stop the condescension to newbies. Startfrom “new to OSM” means expert in something else.
- 103. Stop the apathy towards engagement. Startmaking diversity central to the OSM mission.
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- 106. Community is thedestination. II
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- 108. OSM mailing listsare messy. So messy, I can’t even read this slide.
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- 110. OSM DEV TALK OSM TALKUS HOT OSM Gender of Participants 100%50%0 Messages by Gender 100%50%0 Female Male Unknown
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- 112. (the most explosivestep yet)
- 113. (can you handleit?)
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- 117. Targeted outreach towomen increases overall diversity.
- 118. Seen it withmy own eyes.
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- 120. Internship for GNOMEproject 10 OSS project involved Success
- 121. Address women directly. Acceptnon-students and non-coders. Connect women with mentors. Require a contribution No pressure for really ambitious projects. Approach
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- 123. GNOME attracted 500% morefemale engineers Success
- 124. GNOME Invest trained junior womenfor hiring Partner alliances with other organizations Make a Public Stand success breeds success Approach
- 125. SOTM US I justlike squids.
- 126. What have wedone for you lately?
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- 128. maptime San Francisco |Portland | Cleveland | NYC http://maptimesf.tumblr.com/
- 129. partnership meetings monthly hangoutswith wikipedia members email for invite
- 130. wikimedia The Wikimedia DiversityConference http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference
- 131. OSM with partners codefor america | open knowledge foundation
- 132. research Gender Differences inJinotega, Nicaragua | Michael Kozuch http://www.slideshare.net/mikekoz/gender-diff-mapping
- 133. azimuth team blog supportingdiversity work email to join the planning team
- 134. childcare tag added iniDeditor! conversations with JOSM and tagging list
- 135. representation candidates in OSMFand OSM-US elections including me ;)
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- 138. Help Change theRatio of OpenStreetMap
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- 140. Thank you Art Micah Berger SergiDelgado Robert Samuelhanson Luke Bott Mike Mcquade Wikimedia Siko Bouterse iD editor help Tom MacWright John Firebaugh NYC-OSM Initiatives Ian Villeda Beth Schecter Alan McConchie Clifford Snow Darrell Furhriman Manuela Schmidt Michael Kozuch Noel Hidalgo #changetheratio Rachel Sklar SOTM Rob Nickerson