Celtic Knot Conference 2019/Submissions/An Oral Wikipedia - A dream or reality?

Submission no.
Title of the submission

An Oral Wikipedia - A dream or reality?

Type of submission (Lightening talk, panel, tutorial/workshop, Presentation)

Lightening talk

Author of the submission

Anass Sedrati

Language of presentation

English

E-mail address

sedranas(_AT_)gmail.com

Username

Anass Sedrati

Country of origin

Morocco

Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)

Wikimedia Morocco User Group

Personal homepage or blog
Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal)

Many minority languages are not written and have been transmitted orally from generations. Since Wikimedia claims that it gathers all knowledge of humanity, it does not feel that these languages receive the same treatment as their written counterparts. Unfortunately, the hierarchization of languages based on their "written or not" status is a blocker for accessing knowledge for millions of people. A discussion about involving an Oral Wikipedia is necessary if the true aim that Wikimedia strives to achieve is to "make knowledge available for everyone in all languages".

What will attendees take away from this session?

The attendees will relate to the problem if coming from communities having similar issues, and can help advocate having oral wikipedias.

Presentation slides for "An Oral Wikipedia" in Celtic Knot Conference 2019
Theme of session
  • Language Data
Will you attend Celtic Knot if your submission is not accepted?

No

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Is this Submission a Draft or Final?

Final

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  1. Yupik (talk) 02:00, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]