WikiIndaba 2023/Submissions/Wiki Loves Living Heritage Bazaar

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Author(s): Sadik Shahadu, Sussana Anas	Username(s): Shahadusadik, Susannaanas	Type of submission: workshop
Author(s): Sadik Shahadu, Sussana Anas	Affiliation: AvoinGLAM	Theme(s): Diversity, Community Engagement
Abstract: The workshop invites Wikimedians, living heritage coordinators and heritage practitioners to a joint session for showcasing and further developing activities in the Wiki Loves Living Heritage campaign. It is a wiki initiative to pay tribute to the 20th years of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.		Level of advancement: medium
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		Extra information: The workshop invites Wikimedians, living heritage coordinators, and heritage practitioners to a joint session for showcasing and further developing activities in the Wiki Loves Living Heritage campaign. It is a wiki initiative to pay tribute to the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Living heritage will be celebrated throughout the world in 2023, marking the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Wiki Loves Living Heritage is a wiki initiative that pays tribute to the anniversary and invites heritage communities, Wikimedia volunteers, safeguarding organizations, and authorities around the world to document and share Living Heritage together. Living Heritage, or intangible cultural heritage, stands for practices, knowledge, and skills that have been passed on through generations and are still valuable and in use today. It includes, for example, religious traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe, and knowledge and skills related to crafts. Wiki Loves Living Heritage wishes to bring communities together to share and learn each other's skills and practices. Sharing information openly on Wikimedia platforms can safeguard living heritage practices. At the same time, it is important to adopt ethical considerations in online sharing to protect living heritage from exploitation. Many kinds of activities can take place under the Wiki Loves Living Heritage umbrella, from data and media imports to photo walks or seminars. This workshop brings the participants together to share ideas and experiences and to set the direction for the second half of the festive year. Ideally, we will be able to initiate or join local activities and invite them to inspire the Wikimedia communities. The event is a performative showcasing and matchmaking feast.

How will this session be beneficial for the communities in the region? This project highlights cultures, especially local and indigenous ones, from all over the world. It is supposed to work as an antidote to monoculture, encouraging everyone to express their identities. The focus is not only on tradition but the way in which people bridge between the past and the future. The project is a global collaboration between UNESCO focal points, Wikimedia affiliates and the heritage practitioners themselves. The goal is to learn each other's best practices in safeguarding, documenting ,and sharing living heritage.

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