\u00bbWe\u2019re an international workplace and study environment, so we\u2019ve been fortunate that several volunteers with language skills wanted to help. That\u2019s why it was possible to write entries in multiple languages,\u00ab says Svava Riesto, who believes the project matters because Wikipedia currently shows a gender imbalance.<\/p>\n
\u00bbIt\u2019s partly about who it is that spends their leisure time writing up information, and what they consider important,\u00ab says Svava Riesto, and adds:<\/p>\n
We provide some suggestions based on our own research, but all materials are welcome.<\/p>\n
Svava Riesto, professor of landscape architecture history, UCPH<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u00bbOften, the problem is also that far less research has been done on women\u2019s history compared to men\u2019s. If there are no existing publications on the history you want to add, your entry won\u2019t be accepted on Wikipedia. So it becomes a vicious circle.\u00ab<\/p>\n
But now, with her team having published works on women in architectural history, Svava Riesto sees an opportunity to shift Wikipedia\u2019s gender balance.<\/p>\n
\u00bbWe\u2019ve received funding from the Dreyer Foundation, and we\u2019ve partnered with the volunteer organisation Wikimedia Denmark to host these edit-a-thons,\u00ab she says.<\/p>\n
Everyone is welcome to join in.<\/p>\n
\u00bbYou don\u2019t need experience with Wikipedia or architectural history \u2014 we\u2019ll guide you through what to write and how. Just show up. And if you want to write about something other than architecture, you\u2019re more than welcome,\u00ab says Svava Riesto, and adds:<\/p>\n
\u00bbWe provide some suggestions based on our own research, but all materials are welcome.\u00ab
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It has a simple mission: To get the women in architectural history onto the most accessible digital medium of our time \u2014 Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the initiative is Svava Riesto, professor of landscape architecture history and theory at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). Through a previous research project, she became aware that a number of women had been edited out of history.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Through our research, it has become clear to us that there are many women who helped shape modern Denmark who were simply not written into history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Svava Riesto, professor of landscape architecture history<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00bbTogether with my colleague Henriette Steiner and a team of researchers, I have been working on the project <em>Women in Danish Architecture 1925\u20131975<\/em> for quite some time. We looked into which women were active in architectural fields in Denmark during the 20th century,\u00ab says Svava Riesto, and continues:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThrough our research, it has become clear to us that there are many women who helped shape modern Denmark who were simply not written into history. They have designed major architectural works and influenced our surroundings in many other significant ways.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Take Agnete Petersen (1916\u20132000), for example, who designed the garden surrounding the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Or Anne-Marie Rubin (1919\u20131993), who became the first Danish woman professor in architectural disciplines in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbAnne-Marie Rubin created many large-scale urban plans, and already in the 1950s she was referred to as one of the most experienced urban planners in Denmark. Yet, she is barely mentioned in the literature on architectural history. We’ve changed that in our research \u2014 and now she\u2019s also been added to Wikipedia,\u00ab says Svava Riesto.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wikipedia-is-a-man-and-hes-a-bit-narrow-minded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Wikipedia is a man \u2014 and he is a bit narrow-minded<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>A vicious circle<\/h3>\n<p>Several Danish women architects were added to Wikipedia on 15 May, when the <em>Bring to Light<\/em> project hosted its first Wikipedia edit-a-thon. Anne-Marie Rubin and several others were included \u2014 and the writing continues in Danish, Italian, English, and Japanese, according to Svava Riesto.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\">\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">Want to join?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next edit-a-thon<\/strong> takes place 12 June from 15:00 to 18:00 at the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Frederiksberg Campus. You can sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tilmeld.dk\/wiki-skrivestue12juni2025\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the <em>Bring to Light<\/em> project <a href=\"https:\/\/ign.ku.dk\/english\/bring-to-light-stories-that-matter-for-landscape-futures\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00bbWe\u2019re an international workplace and study environment, so we\u2019ve been fortunate that several volunteers with language skills wanted to help. That\u2019s why it was possible to write entries in multiple languages,\u00ab says Svava Riesto, who believes the project matters because Wikipedia currently shows a gender imbalance.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt\u2019s partly about who it is that spends their leisure time writing up information, and what they consider important,\u00ab says Svava Riesto, and adds:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We provide some suggestions based on our own research, but all materials are welcome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Svava Riesto, professor of landscape architecture history, UCPH<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00bbOften, the problem is also that far less research has been done on women\u2019s history compared to men\u2019s. If there are no existing publications on the history you want to add, your entry won\u2019t be accepted on Wikipedia. So it becomes a vicious circle.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>But now, with her team having published works on women in architectural history, Svava Riesto sees an opportunity to shift Wikipedia\u2019s gender balance.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe\u2019ve received funding from the Dreyer Foundation, and we\u2019ve partnered with the volunteer organisation Wikimedia Denmark to host these edit-a-thons,\u00ab she says.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is welcome to join in.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbYou don\u2019t need experience with Wikipedia or architectural history \u2014 we\u2019ll guide you through what to write and how. Just show up. And if you want to write about something other than architecture, you\u2019re more than welcome,\u00ab says Svava Riesto, and adds:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe provide some suggestions based on our own research, but all materials are welcome.\u00ab<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Newsletter","lang_select":"en","identifier":"Newsletter","headline":"Get an email with upcoming events and top University of Copenhagen stories","button_text":"Sign up here","class":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":46,"name":"Science","slug":"science","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":46,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":831,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11489,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[{"term_id":5468,"name":"Optional","slug":"optional-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5468,"taxonomy":"translation_priority","description":"","parent":0,"count":672,"filter":"raw"}]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hejhej-1280x960.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177321"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177334,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177321\/revisions\/177334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}