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SUMMARY:The Web of Knowledge: Encyclopedias and Authority in the Digital Ag
	e
DTSTAMP:20260523T025024Z
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DESCRIPTION:What we know as an "encyclopedia" has dramatically expanded in 
	scope\, scale\, and\npopularity in the digital age and with Wikipedia. The
	se objects are both\ngateways to information and demand our renewed attent
	ion to the controversies\nover authority\, expertise\, and cultural perspe
	ctives. In this talk\, Giota\nAlevizou will dive into the genre of encyclo
	pedias.\n\nGiota Alevizou’s innovative book The Web of Knowledge: Encyclop
	edias and\nAuthority in the Digital Age (2026) traces the historical roots
	 of digital\nencyclopedias in the early development of information science
	 and cyberculture.\nIt identifies trends within their digital evolution to
	 reveal a complex web of\nrelationships between media technology\, knowled
	ge\, and culture.\n\nIn her talk\, Alevizou will discuss several case stud
	ies to analyse how major\ntechnological shifts have impacted the publishin
	g models\, governance\, and\ncreative labour of reference works\; the evol
	ution of the genre and the\nmodalities of representation and access\; and 
	the range of uses and symbolic\nmeanings of encyclopedias as diverse nodes
	 within broader information economies\,\nas commodities and as public good
	s.\n\n\nSPEAKERS
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/the-web-of-knowledge-encyclopedias-and-
	authority-in-the-digital-age
GEO:52.3690637;4.894763
LOCATION:VOX-POP - Binnengasthuisstraat 9\, 1012 ZA Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,books,burgwallen,talk
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:What we know as an "encyclopedia" has dramatic
	ally expanded in scope, scale, and popularity in the digital age and with 
	Wikipedia. These objects are both gateways to information and demand our r
	enewed attention to the controversies over authority, expertise, and cultu
	ral perspectives. In this talk, Giota Alevizou will dive into the genre of
	 encyclopedias.       <p>Giota Alevizou’s innovative book <em>The Web of K
	nowledge: Encyclopedias and Authority in the Digital Age </em>(2026) trace
	s the historical roots of digital encyclopedias in the early development o
	f information science and cyberculture. It identifies trends within their 
	digital evolution to reveal a complex web of relationships between media t
	echnology, knowledge, and culture.</p> <p>In her talk, Alevizou will discu
	ss several case studies to analyse how major technological shifts have imp
	acted the publishing models, governance, and creative labour of reference 
	works; the evolution of the genre and the modalities of representation and
	 access; and the range of uses and symbolic meanings of encyclopedias as d
	iverse nodes within broader information economies, as commodities and as p
	ublic goods.</p> <h2>Speakers</h2>
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