Celtic Knot Conference 2024/Lineup
This page provides information about the speakers, the organisers and the artists taking part in the program.
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Organizers
Amy O’Riordan
Amy started with Wikimedia Community Ireland in July 2023 as the first Irish Language officer. Her role is to promote the Irish language within Wikimedia projects and to promote and further help develop Vicipéid (Irish Language Wikipedia). She has also been heavily involved in the WikiWomen Erasmus+ Project in working on the toolkits and educational resources for the project results.
Sophie Fitzpatrick
Sophie joined Wikimedia Community Ireland as Projects and Communications Manager in August 2023. She oversees the running of the community and organises various educational projects, collaborations, outreach and events. She runs educational programs in universities across Ireland and is involved in the WikiWomen Eramsus+ Project. Her background is in International Human Rights law and she is passionate about intersectional feminist approaches to knowledge sharing and access to information.
Richard works in Wikimedia UK’s programmes team, various projects including Wikimedians in Residence and university partnerships. He attended the first Celtic Knot in Edinburgh and is excited to see it thrive as a space for language communities to share their successes and what they’ve learned. Outside of Wikimedia, he has a background in archaeology and is a trustee of the Castle Studies Trust and the Royal Archaeological Institute.
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Léa has been active in the Wikimedia movement since 2010, first as a community organizer of the local Wikimedia group in Bretagne (France).
Between 2016 and 2022, she was dedicated to creating connections between volunteers and the Wikidata project development teams. She organized and coordinated online and on-site events for the volunteer communities that contribute to Wikidata and Wikipedia every day. She managed the 4 editions WikidataCon conference, which brought together hundreds of enthusiastic people to exchange knowledge and skills around Wikidata, as well as various other onsite or online Wikidata events.
As an independent consultant on community engagement and events organizing for Wikimedia affiliates, she aims to share her in-depth knowledge of Wikimedia events and communities with organizing teams that want to develop efficient and impactful projects.
Keynote speakers
Dr Kevin Scannell
Dr. Kevin Scannell, a former Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Saint Louis University, will share his experience in developing computing resources for under-resourced languages. Dr Scannell's contributions include creating language tools for Irish, Scottish, and Manx Gaelic, and he is known for his role in localising platforms like Gmail, Twitter, and WhatsApp into Irish. His initiatives such as Indigenous Tweets and his contributions to Vicipéid (Irish-language Wikipedia) and Wikidata have been crucial in promoting the use of minority languages in digital spaces.
Dr Rióna Ní Fhrigil
Prof. Rióna Ní Fhrighil is the Principal Investigator of the research project Republic of Conscience: Human Rights and Irish Poetry, funded by an Irish Research Council Laureate Award. She is a graduate of the University of Galway and Trinity College Dublin and holds an MPhil in Applied Linguistics (TCD) and a PhD in Modern Irish (NUIG). Her doctoral research was a comparative study of the poetry of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Eavan Boland. She is currently a lecturer in New Irish, Social & Celtic Studies at the University of Galway.
Dr Maggie Glass
Dr. Maggie Glass is a lecturer in the Department of English Linguistics at TU Dortmund. Her research focuses on minority language revitalisation through technology, with a special examination of language policy and examination of the linguistic landscapes in the Kaiserslautern Military Community. She co-chairs Working Group 4 (Language diversity, vitality, and endangerment) of the COST Action Language in the Human Machine Era (LITHME) and heads the Ethics Committee. She co-created the ‘Virtual Communities as Breathing Spaces for Speakers of Minority Languages’ with Dr Guillem Belmar.
Speakers
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Jason Evans, National Library of Wales -
Maristella Gatto, University of Bari -
Ferdinando Traversa, Wikimedia Italy -
Siôn T. Jobbins, Welsh Wicipedia -
Mahuton Possoupe -
Estévez Iglesias
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Lindan Malik
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Wunpini
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Bitamsimli
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SIR SUCCESS (NAA JAHINFO)
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Mohammed Abdulai, Wikimedia Deutschland
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Kimberli Mäkäräinen
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Reda Benkhadra, Moroccan wikimedian [since 2012] and Wikimedia MA User Group -
Dr. Tristan Loarer, CELTIC-BLM - Université de Rennes 2 -
Nóirín Ní Bhraoin, GaelGoer -
Inge Birnie
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Ester Bonet
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Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga, The Basque Wikimedians User Group (EWKE)
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Eddie Avila -
Cecilia Tuyuc
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Amrit Sufi
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Caroline Myrick, Wikimedia Foundation -
Genoveva Galarza Heredero, Wikimedia Foundation -
Srishti Sethi, Wikimedia Foundation -
Joanna Dieckmann
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Sadik Shahadu
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Mali Brødreskift
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Oscar Costero
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Tochie Precious
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Entertainment and artistic activities
Celtic Art Workshop with Aoife Cawley
We’re thrilled to offer a lino print workshop with the talented Irish artist Aoife Cawley.
Aoife Cawley is a printmaker and textiles artist from Kildare, Ireland, but currently based in Scotland. She graduated in 2024 with a First Class Honours in Contemporary Art Practice from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee. Cawley’s work is centred around stories and people from folklore and mythology, hagiographical and historical contexts. These stories or figures are commemorated through the mediums of printmaking and embroidered textiles. She draws inspiration from the past, looking back to medieval art, the Arts and Crafts Movement, and the Celtic Revival, and uses similar mediums and references to create her work.
Sean-Nós Dancing Workshop with Stéip le Tura
Experience the joy of traditional Irish dance with Stéip le Tura (Cuthbert Arutura) at our sean-nós dancing workshop. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned dancer, this will be a fun and lively session and provide you with some key steps for Friday night!
Tura Arutura is a well-established Irish Cultural activist and performer who moved to Ireland 31 years ago from Southern Africa. His dance practice combines urban, traditional African, Irish music and dance. With dedicated study over the past 10 years, Tura has become one of Ireland's MasterSean Nós (traditional Irish) dancers and an aficionado of the Irish language and culture. The combination of African, and American influences, and Irish traditional dance creates a powerful and empowering reflection and celebration of diversity. Primarily a dancer, choreographer and composer, Tura has expanded into production, music composition, journalism and screenwriting. As an activist and voice for the preservation of cultures, he is renowned for teaching urban dance, unlocking creativity and enabling diversity amongst young people. His dance, music, and movement company Artfrique has produced hundreds of performances and workshops and designed educational programs for nearly 30 years. He travels all over Ireland to learn and work with some of the most prominent Sean-nós dancers of our time.
Conference Gala Dinner
The conference will end with a special gala dinner featuring local Irish traditional musicians, a unique blend of Afro-Caribbean beats and Irish rap by UshMush, and captivating dance performances from local Mulcahy-Bible School of Dance and Stéip le Tura. It's an evening you won't want to miss!
Musical Performance by Ushmush
Ushmush hails from the Wild West of Ireland. His music combines influences from traditional Irish styles, West African and Caribbean music, South American club music styles and radio-pop. With lyrics sung in a mixture of Irish Gaeilge and English, the self-described daidí of Reggaelton is a weird and wonderful addition to the Irish music scene. As a recording artist, he has released music with Irish labels SESH FM, and the Wagwan collective.
In 2018, the release of his debut video "Grá Mór" garnered attention from Nialler9, District Magazine, and Nós irisleabhair. The video, directed by Caimin Jacob, was nominated by Nós for video of the year 2018 and for newcomer of the year for 2018. In 2019 Ushmush self-released his debut longform release "Oileáin" - the title alluding to the influence of island communities on his music.
In 2019 UshMush performed with Kneecap, The Mud Bubble, Wagwan, PX Music, and at Limerick's All In festival in venues across the West of Ireland.
The WikiWomen Erasmus+ Project
This year Celtic Knot will see the launch of the WikiWomen Erasmus + Project which is an ongoing collaborative effort between Irish, Frisian, and Basque partners. The goal of WikiWomen is to highlight the gender gap in content and empower students in minority language communities (Gaeltacht regions, Basque, Friesland) to write Wikipedia articles about underrepresented women in their languages. This addresses the gender imbalance on Wikipedia in terms of representation. The conference will see the launch of the project’s toolkits which will provide educators, students, and GLAMS (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) with free resources to engage with work on their regional language Wikis.
These exist in three minority languages and are ready for translation so they can be used in any language Wiki. We hope that this will provide the resources for students, educators and GLAMs to run a Wikipedia course with second-level students to introduce Wiki to the classrooms in as many languages as possible.
Representing Ireland (and the Irish language) in this project are Wikimedia Community Ireland and Coláiste Oiriall in Monaghan.