Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2025

Epistemic Violence Against Female Artists and Scientists in Latin America on Wikipedia: Unveiling the Imbalance Between Minority and Majority Worlds using Graphs

Genoveva Vargas-Solar

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The democratization of the Internet and the perceived "universal" access to online content have long given the impression of progress and inclusion. However, digital content overwhelmingly represents knowledge produced in English and within the majority world, reflecting only a fraction of the knowledge created throughout history across diverse cultures. Epistemic violence remains pervasive in much of the moderated content online, yet its extent is challenging to measure. This paper introduces a novel approach to address this gap by proposing an Epistemic Violence Index applied to Wikipedia biographies of Latin American women scientists and writers. Our study involves constructing a graph representation of the Wikipedia network connections for leading female figures in science and literature from the 19th and 20th centuries. The analysis highlights their connections with influential voices both within the region and in the majority world, evaluating the reciprocity and imbalance of these relationships. By leveraging these graphs, we compute an Epistemic Violence Index based on an intersectional set of variables, including gender identity, socio-economic status, and race, providing an initial step toward quantifying and addressing this persistent issue.

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hal-05378442 , version 1 (23-11-2025)

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Genoveva Vargas-Solar, Alejandra Josiowicz. Epistemic Violence Against Female Artists and Scientists in Latin America on Wikipedia: Unveiling the Imbalance Between Minority and Majority Worlds using Graphs. 9th DARLI-AP Workshop EDBT/ICDT, Mar 2025, Barcelona, Spain. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3946/DARLI-AP-14.pdf. ⟨hal-05378442⟩
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