A presentation which focuses on the power of Wikipedia and the issues of legitimacy and territorial control related to it. It looks at Wikipedia from a geopolitical perspective and it is based on the experience of the projects WikiAfrica (2006-2012) and Share Your Knowledge (2011-2012). The aim of the presentation is to specifically refer to 1. the offline fallout of Wikipedia and its nationalism; 2. how the offline fallout has been reinforced by the growing number of institutions interested in collaborating with Wikipedia (the so-called GLAMs) and 3. the relevance of Africa within this discourse.
"Let's marathon!" Why to motivate the reuse of audiovisual archivesMariana Salgado
This article presents the argument that archivists and media scholars need to take on new practices, such as organizing hackathons or marathons, to facilitate the creative re-use of archival material. With these practices they could support the outreach of local communities and understand the nuances of reusing archival content to contextualize their records. In order to sustain this claim, I present one case study in which a group of international writers and video makers join forces to re-use audiovisual archive material in Helsinki, Finland. I unfold the limitations and opportunities that a one-day event presented to artists, archivists and media scholars, while collaborating and creatively re-using audiovisual archival material. The discussion uncovers issues pertaining to the facilitation of creative re-use as means for integration, the multicultural representation of the archives, the development of media literacy in collaborative processes and the challenges in the practice of legally reusing archival material.
Principles and ambitions for cultural mobilityRhys Williams
Dr. Damien Helly, Deputy Head of Programme, EU External Action, ECDPM
Meeting of Independent Artistic and Cultural Mobility Funds in the Mediterranean and Central America - Gulbenkian Next Future / Roberto Cimetta Fund'. Lisbon, Portugal. 18-19 June 2015
Cultural Heritage and the Technology of Culture: Finding the Nature of Illumi...Martin Kalfatovic
Cultural Heritage and the Technology of Culture: Finding the Nature of Illumination in Libraries and Museums. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 9th Shanghai International Library Forum. Shanghai, China. 19 October 2018.
Colours of The Wind - An Analysis of Integration in Europeseyfmalta
This ebook comes from the the development of the project Colours of the Wind, a training course developed by SEYF Malta and supported by the Maltese National Agency EUPA within the frame of the Erasmus Plus Programme.
The content and the information provided by this publication try to give some input to all the people involved in the process of non formal education, of the promotion of intercultural dialogue and of the values of integration and solidairity among the local communities.
Project Link: http://www.seyf.eu/inclusion/95-colours-of-the-wind
Colours of the wind - An analysis of integration in europeseyflecce
This handbook comes from the the development of the project Colours of the
Wind, a training course developed by SEYF Malta and supported by the Maltese
National Agengy EUPA within the frame of the Erasmus Plus Programme.
Its overall aim was to train and enable youth workers, leaders and youngsters
on the way to use different models and tools for the integration of minorities,
especially young migrants in society.
The content and the information provided by this publication try to give some
input to all the people involved in the process of non formal education, of the
promotion of intercultural dialogue and of the values of integration and solidairity
among the local communities
Our strong belief is that from more inclusive communites we can build a stronger
Europe.
The products, the activities based on non formal education and all the researches
have been entirely made by the participant to the project.
Our thanks go to EUPA, the Maltese National Agency that supported our project
under the Erasmus Plus programme, to the international participants and their
sending organizations and to the local NGOs that believed in our aims.
Project link: http://www.seyf.eu/inclusion/95-colours-of-the-wind
"Let's marathon!" Why to motivate the reuse of audiovisual archivesMariana Salgado
This article presents the argument that archivists and media scholars need to take on new practices, such as organizing hackathons or marathons, to facilitate the creative re-use of archival material. With these practices they could support the outreach of local communities and understand the nuances of reusing archival content to contextualize their records. In order to sustain this claim, I present one case study in which a group of international writers and video makers join forces to re-use audiovisual archive material in Helsinki, Finland. I unfold the limitations and opportunities that a one-day event presented to artists, archivists and media scholars, while collaborating and creatively re-using audiovisual archival material. The discussion uncovers issues pertaining to the facilitation of creative re-use as means for integration, the multicultural representation of the archives, the development of media literacy in collaborative processes and the challenges in the practice of legally reusing archival material.
Principles and ambitions for cultural mobilityRhys Williams
Dr. Damien Helly, Deputy Head of Programme, EU External Action, ECDPM
Meeting of Independent Artistic and Cultural Mobility Funds in the Mediterranean and Central America - Gulbenkian Next Future / Roberto Cimetta Fund'. Lisbon, Portugal. 18-19 June 2015
Cultural Heritage and the Technology of Culture: Finding the Nature of Illumi...Martin Kalfatovic
Cultural Heritage and the Technology of Culture: Finding the Nature of Illumination in Libraries and Museums. Martin R. Kalfatovic. 9th Shanghai International Library Forum. Shanghai, China. 19 October 2018.
Colours of The Wind - An Analysis of Integration in Europeseyfmalta
This ebook comes from the the development of the project Colours of the Wind, a training course developed by SEYF Malta and supported by the Maltese National Agency EUPA within the frame of the Erasmus Plus Programme.
The content and the information provided by this publication try to give some input to all the people involved in the process of non formal education, of the promotion of intercultural dialogue and of the values of integration and solidairity among the local communities.
Project Link: http://www.seyf.eu/inclusion/95-colours-of-the-wind
Colours of the wind - An analysis of integration in europeseyflecce
This handbook comes from the the development of the project Colours of the
Wind, a training course developed by SEYF Malta and supported by the Maltese
National Agengy EUPA within the frame of the Erasmus Plus Programme.
Its overall aim was to train and enable youth workers, leaders and youngsters
on the way to use different models and tools for the integration of minorities,
especially young migrants in society.
The content and the information provided by this publication try to give some
input to all the people involved in the process of non formal education, of the
promotion of intercultural dialogue and of the values of integration and solidairity
among the local communities
Our strong belief is that from more inclusive communites we can build a stronger
Europe.
The products, the activities based on non formal education and all the researches
have been entirely made by the participant to the project.
Our thanks go to EUPA, the Maltese National Agency that supported our project
under the Erasmus Plus programme, to the international participants and their
sending organizations and to the local NGOs that believed in our aims.
Project link: http://www.seyf.eu/inclusion/95-colours-of-the-wind
The Refugee Academy symposium of July 1st, which took place at the VU and was held in English, was devoted to the role and the resilience of civil society initiatives that aim to contribute to the societal inclusion of refugees in the Netherlands. Since the start of the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ in 2015, civil society initiatives and organizational networks have played a crucial role in helping and supporting refugees who entered the Netherlands. Since governance structures initially failed to adequately cope with the size and complexity of this ‘crisis’, many new grassroots and community organizations were formed that played a role in the field of reception and integration of refugees. They operated alongside and collaborated with national and local governments and established NGOs, and by doing so shined a light on the societal challenges and ambitions related to the inclusion of refugees in current times
Post Brexit EU and the position of English - Robert Phillipsonrceluoa
The distinguished scholarship of Bessie Dendrinos builds on analysis of the politics of education that often constrains social and linguistic justice. English as a hegemonic language in many societies, and in education, nationally and internationally, serves to open doors of capitalist opportunity and privilege for some but closes them for many. Whether a language policy is linguicist (or linguo-racist, to use Bessie’s term) or not is an empirical question. European integration activities since 1945 – ending wars, creating a common market, the euro, etc. – all depend on language policies, supported by translation and interpretation. Prior to 1973, when the UK, Ireland, and Denmark joined the EU, no use was made of English, and French was primus inter pares. In 2016 English is indisputably the dominant language in the internal affairs of EU institutions and of many of its funded ‘actions’. The privileging of English (in finance, research, the Bologna process, etc.) is precisely what Winston Churchill sought to achieve, the entrenchment of Anglo-American power by linguicist and other means, economic, political, and military. The role of language in relation to the many crises of the EU, among them Brexit and the disastrous financial austerity policies imposed on Greece, needs analysis. This is a major challenge for scholars in language policy and language in education policy. For analysis of some of the complexity of the issue, see my article ‘Myths and realities of “global” English’ in the journal Language Policy, on-line from June 2016.
This webinar provides an overview (prepared for Swiss universities) of how Wikipedia functions, and how to go about engaging with it effectively. Audio/video recording available here: https://socialmediaswitzerland.webex.com/socialmediaswitzerland/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=4360582&rKey=622c352a94e73c07
Presentation for the Tufts School of Medicine class: Digital Strategies for Health, July 2012. There is also a version of these slides on Wikipedia: http://enwp.org/WP:TUFTSMED
Wikimania Esino Lario. Il raduno mondiale di Wikipedia in un paese di montagna di 761 abitanti.
Un evento che sarebbe stato impossibile senza il coinvolgimento di tantissimi volontari che hanno offerto il loro tempo e la loro competenza per accogliere i volontari della più grande e nota enciclopedia collaborativa della storia; una comunità di persone, associazioni, imprese, amministrazioni e istituzioni pubbliche e private di Esino Lario, della Provincia di Lecco, della Lombardia, italiane e internazionali che sostengono il sapere libero; un paese che grazie alla sua personale visione della shared economy dimostra che i piccoli posti non necessariamente fanno piccole cose, e che chiunque in ogni luogo può contribuire alla conoscenza del mondo.
http://sharitaly.com
30000 African contributions to the Wikimedia projects (WikiAfrica reached 201...Iolanda Pensa
Presentation of WikiAfrica 2012 milestone: 30'000 African contributions to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects. Presentation within the session "Activating Africa", Wikimania Hong Kong 11/08/2013.
An interdisciplinary approach to WikipediaGongorawiki
Wikimania Gdansk 2010 presentation at the Green Hall. Day 3. "An interdisciplinary approach to Wikipedia: literary criticism, linguistics, anthropology, and sociolinguistic research". Author: J. Gustavo Gongora.
The Refugee Academy symposium of July 1st, which took place at the VU and was held in English, was devoted to the role and the resilience of civil society initiatives that aim to contribute to the societal inclusion of refugees in the Netherlands. Since the start of the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ in 2015, civil society initiatives and organizational networks have played a crucial role in helping and supporting refugees who entered the Netherlands. Since governance structures initially failed to adequately cope with the size and complexity of this ‘crisis’, many new grassroots and community organizations were formed that played a role in the field of reception and integration of refugees. They operated alongside and collaborated with national and local governments and established NGOs, and by doing so shined a light on the societal challenges and ambitions related to the inclusion of refugees in current times
Post Brexit EU and the position of English - Robert Phillipsonrceluoa
The distinguished scholarship of Bessie Dendrinos builds on analysis of the politics of education that often constrains social and linguistic justice. English as a hegemonic language in many societies, and in education, nationally and internationally, serves to open doors of capitalist opportunity and privilege for some but closes them for many. Whether a language policy is linguicist (or linguo-racist, to use Bessie’s term) or not is an empirical question. European integration activities since 1945 – ending wars, creating a common market, the euro, etc. – all depend on language policies, supported by translation and interpretation. Prior to 1973, when the UK, Ireland, and Denmark joined the EU, no use was made of English, and French was primus inter pares. In 2016 English is indisputably the dominant language in the internal affairs of EU institutions and of many of its funded ‘actions’. The privileging of English (in finance, research, the Bologna process, etc.) is precisely what Winston Churchill sought to achieve, the entrenchment of Anglo-American power by linguicist and other means, economic, political, and military. The role of language in relation to the many crises of the EU, among them Brexit and the disastrous financial austerity policies imposed on Greece, needs analysis. This is a major challenge for scholars in language policy and language in education policy. For analysis of some of the complexity of the issue, see my article ‘Myths and realities of “global” English’ in the journal Language Policy, on-line from June 2016.
This webinar provides an overview (prepared for Swiss universities) of how Wikipedia functions, and how to go about engaging with it effectively. Audio/video recording available here: https://socialmediaswitzerland.webex.com/socialmediaswitzerland/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=4360582&rKey=622c352a94e73c07
Presentation for the Tufts School of Medicine class: Digital Strategies for Health, July 2012. There is also a version of these slides on Wikipedia: http://enwp.org/WP:TUFTSMED
Wikimania Esino Lario. Il raduno mondiale di Wikipedia in un paese di montagna di 761 abitanti.
Un evento che sarebbe stato impossibile senza il coinvolgimento di tantissimi volontari che hanno offerto il loro tempo e la loro competenza per accogliere i volontari della più grande e nota enciclopedia collaborativa della storia; una comunità di persone, associazioni, imprese, amministrazioni e istituzioni pubbliche e private di Esino Lario, della Provincia di Lecco, della Lombardia, italiane e internazionali che sostengono il sapere libero; un paese che grazie alla sua personale visione della shared economy dimostra che i piccoli posti non necessariamente fanno piccole cose, e che chiunque in ogni luogo può contribuire alla conoscenza del mondo.
http://sharitaly.com
30000 African contributions to the Wikimedia projects (WikiAfrica reached 201...Iolanda Pensa
Presentation of WikiAfrica 2012 milestone: 30'000 African contributions to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects. Presentation within the session "Activating Africa", Wikimania Hong Kong 11/08/2013.
An interdisciplinary approach to WikipediaGongorawiki
Wikimania Gdansk 2010 presentation at the Green Hall. Day 3. "An interdisciplinary approach to Wikipedia: literary criticism, linguistics, anthropology, and sociolinguistic research". Author: J. Gustavo Gongora.
In this course, we will explore time in the African experience and how this affects how we divide up Africa’s history.
You will get an overview of traditional ways of marking time in African cultures, how early historians writing in Arabic and later historians writing in English divided up Africa’s past, and the effect that colonisation has had on how we divide up and tell African history.
By the end of this course, participants will have an understanding of:
o The key features of African conceptions of time.
o How time and periods of time have been marked in African history in both Arabic-language and English-language texts.
o The impact of colonisation on the periodisation of African history.
Europeana and Judaica Europeana
presentation by Dov Winer at
Info 2010 Annual Conference and Exhibition: e-Content, e-Resource Management, Web Technologies, Online Information & Knowledge Management.
Tel Aviv, Hilton Hotel May 3-5, 2010
Sabotare il sistema. Strategie applicate per spostare l'informazione e il cen...Iolanda Pensa
Sabotare il sistema. Strategie applicate per spostare l'informazione e il centro di qui e di là, 5x15, Circolo Filologico Milanese, Milano, 12 gennaio 16.
An overview of how Wikipedia works, with stats updated to October 2014. Library- and librarian-related examples and an overview of recent community projects
Presentation at the workshop on Decolonisation of the curriculum, arranged by Ad hoc Senate task team on the decolonisation of knowledge. On 24 May 2016 at APK UJ
Pensa-OS-ADM Open Science for arts, design and music at HES-SOIolanda Pensa
Iolanda Pensa, Le partage des données dans les domaines artistiques in Open research data: pratiques et défis pour les domaines artistiques Design et Arts visuels Musique et Arts de la scène, HES-SO, online 16/05/2024, CC BY 4.0.
Open access, Creative Commons e Wikipedia per le istituzioni culturaliIolanda Pensa
Iolanda Pensa, Open access, Creative Commons e Wikipedia per le istituzioni culturali, within the webinar programme "Conversioni" curated by Eleonora Pantò and organised by "Sapere digitale" directed by Augursta Giovannoni, online, 26/03/2024.
Open access, Creative Commons e Wikipedia per le istituzioni culturali
Sempre più musei, archivi e biblioteche nel mondo aprono i loro contenuti a vantaggio dei cittadini, rendendo disponibili le riproduzioni digitali delle loro collezioni in pubblico dominio e rilasciando la loro produzione di ricerca e materiali educativi con licenze libere. Questa presentazione raconta il progetto Empowering Italian GLAMs che ha invitato nel 2022-2024 tutti i musei italiani nell’adottare l’open access e mostra una serie di visualizzazioni che permettono di osservare il patrimonio e le istituzioni culturali italiane sui progetti Wikimedia e in particolare su Wikidata e Wikimedia Commons.
Iolanda Pensa, Wikimedia projects and OpenStreetMap as an Open Research Infrastructure, 03 February 2024, FOSDEM, Bruxelles, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Wikimedia and OpenStreetMap projects are an existing free software infrastructure that already produces citizen science and can be used by researchers to share and co-produce data and to produce - and reproduce - the results of research. The presentation specifically refers to the potential of data related to cultural heritage for studies in the humanities and in particular in museology, art, art history and history of architecture.
Pensa GLAM Wiki Conference - Empowering GLAMsIolanda Pensa
Iolanda Pensa, 100'000 institutions on the Wikimedia projects: A strategy to activate in a simple way all the institutions around the world, pre-recorded contribution to the conference GLAM Wiki Conference 2023, Uruguay, 10/11/2023.
Iolanda Pensa, OS-ADM Open Science for Arts Design and Music for swissuniversities 2023. OA Panel on Insights and Learnings Based on the Intermediary Reviews: Projects OA Calls 211, 212 and 221, swissuniversities, online, 17/10/2023.
The participation at future Wikimania. Iolanda Pensa (introduction and moderator) with Phoebe Ayers, Gnangarra, Martin Rulsch and Maciej Artur Nadzikiewicz, Wikimania Singapore, 19/08/2023, CC BY-SA 4.0.
100,000 institutions on the Wikimedia projectsIolanda Pensa
Pensa, Iolanda. 100,000 institutions on the Wikimedia projects. A new strategy to activate in a simple way all the institutions around the world, Wikimania Singapore, 18/08/2023, CC BY-SA 4.0. Presentation with the participation of Dario Crespi.
Pensa-Open Access e comunicazione istituzionale.pdfIolanda Pensa
Iolanda Pensa. (2023, May 17). Open access e comunicazione istituzionale. Open Science for Arts Design and Music (OS-ADM), SUPSI Mendrisio. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7944427
Iolanda Pensa, Wikipedia, Festival della luceIolanda Pensa
Iolanda Pensa, Wikipedia in Enciclopedie e cultura scientifica. La luce della conoscenza, Festival della Luce, Biblioteca Comunale “P. Borsellino”, Como 05/05/2023.
Con 20 miliardi di visualizzazioni al mese, oltre 300 versioni linguistiche e una comunità di migliaia di contributori, Wikipedia è sicuramente la più grande e più consultata enciclopedia della storia, ed è anche la prima ad avere un tasto “modifica” e una licenza libera. Nessuno avrebbe mai immaginato che un’enciclopedia aperta alla modifica di chiunque, gratuita e senza pubblicità, e rilasciata con licenza libera sarebbe sopravvissuta e cresciuta, ma dopo più di 20 anni di storia Wikipedia dimostra che un progetto così visionario - oggi accompagnato da strumenti altrettanto potenti come la banca dati Wikidata - è in realtà possibile e sostenuto nel mondo da persone e istituzioni.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
1. The Power of Wikipedia
Legitimacy and Territorial Control
Iolanda Pensa, Scientific director WikiAfrica/Share Your Knowledge for lettera27 Foundation
Member of Wikimedia Italia and Wikimedia CH
io@pensa.it http://io.pensa.it
Milano, March 2012
This presentation focuses on the power of Wikipedia and the issues of legitimacy and territorial control related to it. It looks at Wikipedia from a geopolitical perspective and it is based on the
experience of the projects WikiAfrica (2006-2012) and Share Your Knowledge (2011-2012). The aim of the presentation is to specifically refer to 1. the offline fallout of Wikipedia and its
nationalism; 2. how the offline fallout has been reinforced by the growing number of institutions interested in collaborating with Wikipedia (the so-called GLAMs) and 3. the relevance of Africa
within this discourse.
Please note that the artworks included are considered first sources; many artists have worked on the concepts I am interested in focusing on and they have expressed them in a very sharp way.
Keywords: Wikipedia, Africa, GLAMs, offline power, legitimacy, control, geography, nationalism, WikiAfrica, Share Your Knowledge.
15. Structure of the Venice Biennale of Art 2005, Iolanda Pensa & Federica Verona, CC by-sa.
The Biennale is structured in national pavilions and an international exhibition. The national pavilions comes from the model of the international world exhibitions of the XIX century.
At the moment the project GLAM is managed on a territorial basis[1]. Wikimedia chapters have a major role in facilitating collaborations at a national and local level, and several chapters
have recognised in this project a very interesting working direction which allows them to position themselves with a specific national role and to develop further their legitimacy both outside
and inside their organisation[2].
[1] The institutions collaborating with Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects are listened in order of continent, Outreach Wiki contributors, "GLAM/Contact us," Outreach Wiki, http://outreach.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=GLAM/
Contact_us&oldid=30681 (accessed March 29, 2012).The GLAM monthly newsletter (http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter) is organised by country with some growing exceptions (Wiki Loves Monuments, Open access report, Tool testing
report and Africa).
[2] Among the chapters actively involved in the GLAM project there are the France, UK, Germany, Czech Republic, Serbia, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, Israel, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, India. The case of Wikimedia Italy is quite
peculiar; lettera27 with the project Share Your Knowledge (within which Wikimedia Italy is a partner) has created the project GLAM in Italy and it is contributing to it (Collaborazione al progetto "GLAM" all'interno di "Share Your Knowledge", Board
decision and general assembly ratification, 2011).
16. @ Yinka Shonibare, Scramble for Africa, 2000, 14 chairs, 14 figures, table in Looking Both Ways: Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora, 2003. Commissioned by and courtesy Museum for African Art NY.
But who are the chapters working for[1]? How are the Wikimedia chapters defining the institutions they collaborate with[2]? Who defines GLAMs “ambassadors”[3] and “Wikipedian in
residence”[4]?
[1] The target is unclear and it includes association members, wikipedianias, the Wikimedia community, donors, institutions, national public, Wikimedia Foundation, their nation.
[2] At the moment wikipedians tend to address institutions they know or they are interested in; chapters tend to focus on major national public institutions.
[3] The word “ambassador” is specifically used within the Wikipedia Education Program http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ambassadors and http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Ambassador_Program; there are also Certified Wikipedia
Ambassador http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Certified_Wikipedia_Ambassador. The word has been used also to define a person which facilitate the partnerships between GLAMs and Wikimedia projects http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/
Ambassador_register.
[4] http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence.
17. Internet Map, ChrisHarrison.net.
The most common way of imagining the world is to condemn it to a binary logic: on/off, centre/periphery, Western/non-Western, modern/traditional, North/South, Global South/Global North,
we/they, us/the others.
19. Kai Krause, The True Size of Africa, PD.
Africa is a big issue. The current presence of two approved Wikimedia chapters[1] and of three chapters in discussion[2] do not properly portraits on a middle-long term what the African
contribution to Wikipedia means. Models of cooperation in Africa have always been under discussion, but the growing presence of Chinese investors has rises n the last decades more
questions about which are the “right” models[3].
[1] Wikimedia Kenya (http://wikimedia.or.ke) and Wikimedia South Africa (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa).
[2] Current chapters in discussion http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters#In_Africa.
[3] Serge Michel, Michel Beuret, Paolo Woods, China Safari: On the Trail of Beijing's Expansion in Africa, Nation Books, 2010.
22. @ Yinka Shonibare, Diary of a Victorian Dandy: 14.000 hours in “Revue Noire” Nigeria, n.30, 1998, p. 63 and front cover of Reading the Contemporary: African Art from Theory to the Marketplace, MIT Press, 1999.
The five pillar of Wikipedia represent a new and important frame to build and negotiate knowledge and history[1]. I specifically refer to the devastating impact of XIX and XX century
anthropological studies on African history, with the construction of ethnographic groups and its racial ideology; this knowledge on Wikipedia can be reframed through an historiographic
approach, it can be contextualized and presented within the critical discourse[2]. At the moment this is not the case: XIX and XX century anthropological studies are on public domain,
represent on Wikipedia the mainstream knowledge[3], they are exported on Wikipedia offline editions and they are translated into “local languages” with the support of specific Wikimedia
projects.
[1] This is Rasheed Araeen’s concept of rewriting history which differs from the idea that African history has to be written by Africans (ref. Olu Oguibe). According to Rasheed Araeen, history needs to be negotiate and built as a common history and it is a
common and joint responsibility (Rasheed Araeen in Mobile A2K, Festivaletteratura, Manua, 2010).
[2] The critical resource is specifically related to half a century of studies and debates about identity, esotism, otherness and eurocentrism.
[3] List of African ethnic groups on Wikipedia in English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_ethnic_groups. Please note the lack of historiographic information; the ethnic groups are presented as an objective entity. It is also interesting to observe
the description of Ethnic groups within demographic articles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_France#Ethnic_groups.
24. WikiAfrica[1] was launched in 2006 with the idea that Wikipedia perfectly represents what lettera27 Foundation considers access to knowledge and knowledge sharing. Based on the image
of La Palabre[2], the project was imagined as a tool to translate lettera27‘s mission, to foster the visibility of African knowledge, to promote African participation online, and to facilitate a new
understanding of what literacy and education are today. Since its beginning the project was conceived as a collaborative project developed with Wikimedia Italia and open to all contributors,
users and institutions.
[1] WikiAfrica project on lettera27 Foundation website http://lettera27.org/index.php?idlanguage=1&zone=9&idprj=47
[2] La Palabre is the tradition of discussing and negotiating in African societies (as Serge Latouche refers to it in Entre mondialisation et décroissance: l'autre Afrique, À plus d'un titre, 2008); Fréderique Keiff, L'arbre à Palabres, Douala, 2007,
commissioned by doual’art http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:L'arbre_à_Palabres.JPG.
31. Orange and Orange Foundation (free Wikipedia on mobile phones)
Creative Commons affiliate
Event: conference/training/workshop
Presentations and events
Research
Archives
Notebooks (Detour, myDetour, WikiAfrica special editions)
Wiki Loves Monuments
WikiAfrica 2012 (in progress)
32. Share Your Knowledge[1] started in 2011 as part of WikiAfrica initiatives and as a consequence of lettera27 need to create metrics related to its work. To produce a quantitative impact on
Wikipedia and to associate this impact to WikiAfrica without branding people and the Wikimedia projects, the idea was to involve institutions. Content of institutions can be made available
with a free license, it can be uploaded in the relevant Wikimedia projects and it is associated to the institution as a source. The system[2] – implemented by Share Your Knowledge – is
currently allowing WikiAfrica to involve 55 international institutions.
[1] Share Your Knowledge project on lettera27 website http://lettera27.org/index.php?idlanguage=1&zone=9&idprj=47.
[2] The two phases procedure created by Share Your Knowledge is on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wikipedia:WikiAfrica/Share_Your_Knowledge.
35. creative commons & wikipedia
for cultural institutions
period June July Augu September O ober November
1 jun-1oth nov 2011
For this analysis we considered all new pages
created from the beginning of the proje
Share Yourk Knowledge until the 10th
of November. For the Wikimedia
contributions we considered all the pages
created by the partner in itution in Italian
and English during this period.
contributions to wikipedia
459 articles s
860˙302 bytes
One byte is a unit of orage capable
of holding a single chara er.
A text of 1500 chara ers corresponds
to a file of 1500 bytes.
contributions
to wikimedia commons
2993 images
s
wikipedia templates
Archivio Pietro Pensa
Careof s
Cosv
Fe ival del Cinema Africano di Verona
s
Fe ival del Cinema Africano di Milano
Fondazione Cariplo
s
Lettera27
Officina Griot s
s
Bytes added by m.Casanova and Marcok
(Wikipedia’s tutors of the proje )
Bytes added by other users
DensityDesign Research Lab-INDACO Department Politecnico di Milano, Share Your Knowledge, 11/2011, CC BY-SA.
40. Daddy Buy Me a Pony, Festive season greeting card, client Pro Helvetia, December 2003.
I would like to conclude with a question: is everybody ok in creating articles for all cities, villages and populated areas in Africa in all 284 languages of Wikipedia?
41. Bibliography
Appadurai, Arjun. Modernity At Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization, U of Minnesota Press, 1996.
Araeen, Rasheed. The other story: Afro-Asian artists in post-war Britain, Hayward Gallery, London, 1989.
Araeen, Rasheed in Mobile A2K, Festivaletteratura, Manua, 2010.
Bhabha, Homi K. The Location of Culture, Routledge, 1994.
Casanova, Michele. Report WikiAfrica/Share Your Knowledge, 2011-2012.
Chemello, Marco. Report WikiAfrica/Share Your Knowledge, 2011-2012.
Clifford, James. The Predicament of Culture: Twentieth Century Ethnography, Literature and Art, Harvard University Press, 1988
Devouard, Florence. Wikimedia projects in the developing countries, Wikimania 2005, abstract http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania05/Presentation-FD1 and slides http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/f/
f4/Wikimedia_in_the_developing_world_-_Anthere_-_Wikimania2005.pdf.
Ford, Heather. The Missing Wikipedians in Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader, eds. Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz, Institute of Network Culture, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 258-268.
Fuster Morel, Mayo. The Wikimedia Foundation and the Governance of Wikipedia's Infrastructure: Historical Trajectories and its Hybrid Character in Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader, eds. Geert Lovink and
Nathaniel Tkacz, Institute of Network Culture, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 325-341.
Graham, Mark. Wiki Space: Palimpsests and Politics of Exclusion in Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader, eds. Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz, Institute of Network Culture, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 269-282
Koolhaas, Rem and Harvard project on the city, Stefano Boeri and Multiplicity, Sanford Kwinter, Nadia Tanzi and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Mutations, Actar Editorial, 2000.
Latouche, Serge. Entre mondialisation et décroissance: l'autre Afrique, À plus d'un titre, 2008.
Maharaj, Sarat. Xeno-Epistemics: Makeshift Kit for Sounding Visual Art as Knowledge Production and the Retinal Regimes in Documenta 1 Platform 5: Exhibition, (dir.) Okwui Enwezor, Hatje Cantz Publishers,
Ostfildern-Ruit, 2002, pp. 71-72.
Matarasso, François. History Defaced: Heritage creation in contemporary Europe, Genoa, 19 November 2004.
Michel, Serge, Michel Beuret, Paolo Woods, China Safari: On the Trail of Beijing's Expansion in Africa, Nation Books, 2010.
Morawek, Kati & Bear Weber. Economics of the Art System: The example of Documenta. The economics of Documenta are a prime example for the functioning of the art system. Our experiences as participants of
the magazines project in "Malmoe", 07/11/2007 and in "Documenta Magazines Online Journal.
O'Neil, Mathieu. Cyberchiefs: autonomy and authority in online tribes, Pluto Press, 2009.
Pensa, Iolanda. La bibliothèque de Chimurenga in The Chimurenga Library: An Introspective of Chimurenga Magazine, Cape Town Platform, 2009, pp. 4-6.
Said, Edward. Orientalism, Vintage Books, 1978; V.Y. Mudimbe, The idea of Africa, Indiana University Press, 1994; the perception of landscape is also at the centre of the European Landscape Convention, 2000.
Sassen, Saskia. The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo, Princeton University Press, 1991.
Taleb, Nassim N. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Random House & Allen Lane, 2007.
van der Velden, Maja. When Knowledges Meet: Wikipedia and Other Stories from the Contact Zone in Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader, eds. Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz, Institute of Network
Culture, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 236-257.
Wadhwa, Kul. Free mobile for Wikipedia starts with Orange, 24/01/2012, http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/24/free-mobile-for-wikipedia-starts-with-orange/.
West, Stu., RfC: Geography and Wikimedia in WikiStu, 04/01/2012 http://wikistu.org/2012/01/rfc-geography-and-wikimedia.
Zolghadr, Tirdad. Multiculturalism is Better than Monoculturalism; Postcolonialism is Better than Colonialism. Rejoicing in a Fiesta of Tough Choices in A Fiesta of Tough Choices: Contemporary Art in the Wake of
Cultural Policies, Torpedo Press, Oslo 2007.
Magazines Chimurenga Library (http://www.chimurengalibrary.co.za), “Chimurenga” (http://www.chimurenga.co.za), “Third Text” (http://www.thirdtext.com) with “Third Text Africa” (in partnership with ASAI), “Third
Text Asia” and “Tercer Texto”.
Chimurenga Vol. 15, The Curriculum is Everything, May 2010 http://www.chimurenga.co.za/products/chimurenga-15-the-curriculum-is-everything-2.
Colloque international: Aires Culturelles et Créations Littéraire en Afrique, Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Sénégal, 1990.
Wikimedia UK November 2011 Report, http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/November.
Half a Million People Donate to Keep Wikipedia Free, 01/01/2011, http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Half_a_Million_People_Donate_to_Keep_Wikipedia_Free.
Fundraising and Funds Dissemination https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_and_Funds_Dissemination.
Wikimedia DE Wikimedia’s culture of sharing, Meta contributors, "Fundraising and Funds Dissemination/Wikimedia’s culture of sharing," Meta, discussion about Wikimedia projects, http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/
index.php?title=Fundraising_and_Funds_Dissemination/Wikimedia%E2%80%99s_culture_of_sharing&oldid=3589468 (accessed March 27, 2012) and specifically https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/
Fundraising_and_Funds_Dissemination/Wikimedia’s_culture_of_sharing#Collective_self-empowerment:_how_to_bridge_the_Digital_Divide and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/
Fundraising_and_Funds_Dissemination/Wikimedia’s_culture_of_sharing#Five:_positive_emulation.
Wikipedia:GLAM getting started: Getting Started for GLAMs, Edit as yourself, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:GLAM_getting_started&oldid=477561021.
Wikipedia Academy in South Africa 2007 http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikipedia_Academies.
Iberocoop: Regional cooperation in action, Wikimania 2011, Haifa, 2011, http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Iberocoop:_Regional_cooperation_in_action.
Iolanda Pensa - io@pensa.it - http://io.pensa.it
Iolanda Pensa works for lettera27 as scientific director of the projects WikiAfrica and Share Your Knowledge. She is the curator with Roberto Casati of the international research project
Mobile Access to Knowledge: Culture and Safety in Africa promoted by SUPSI University. She holds a Ph.D. in anthropology and in territorial government and planning at the EHESS in Paris
in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano, with a thesis on the Dakar Biennale and the impact of cultural grants in Africa. She accomplished researches on the cultural system in Dakar,
Cairo, Douala, Cape Town, Minsk, Tehran, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok, Europe and the US. She taught Art Economy at Nuova Accademia di Belle in Milan (2007-2011) and she is
correspondent for Africa for the magazine “Domus”/Journal. As a volunteer she is the coordinator of Ecomuseo delle Grigne.