re:shape
What finds its way into bodies of knowledge and official narratives is strongly determined by questions of power. This shapes how we deal with each other as a society, which perspectives and interests we centre and which are declared less important or irrelevant. Wikimedia Deutschland is responding to this in cooperation with the neue deutsche organisationen – das postmigrantische netzwerk e. V..
In September 2023, re•shape – A Wikimedia Program to Promote Knowledge Justice started its first program year. With this program, Wikimedia Deutschland, in cooperation with the neue deutsche organisationen – das postmigrantische netzwerk e. V., would like to contribute to creating more space and visibility for marginalized knowledge through project funding. The program explicitly addresses people and communities that experience racism.
What the program does:
In addition to financial support of up to 5,000 €, the program includes mentoring, which provides the projects with advice. The framework program offers space for networking and exchange. Workshops are held to work out how to work with free knowledge so that marginalized knowledge can be disseminated. In our glossary you can read what we mean when we talk about free licences, free knowledge or knowledge justice.
What has happened so far:
In the application phase in May and June 2023, almost 90 projects applied for re·shape. The board of trustees and one representative each from the neue deutsche organisationen e. V. and Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. selected ten projects from these.
