Dear Wikimedians, We hope this email finds you well. We invite you to join the next episode of WikiAfrica Hour "Decolonising knowledge on Wikipedia”
We are very excited to discuss this topic with the episode guests and your joining is very valuable. What can you expect from the episode? What do we mean by decolonising knowledge? Why is it important that we document this on Wikimedia projects? What established knowledge decolonisation projects inside (and even outside) Wikimedia should we be paying attention to? How can we improve existing initiatives, and encourage others to do the same? This month on Wiki Africa Hour, we’re doing a deep dive into decolonising knowledge with guest host, *Achal Prabhala*, who will lead a panel experienced in disrupting the information landscape. Who are the guest speakers? - Iolanda Pensa <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Iopensa>: a wikipedian and researcher. She has been contributing to Wikipedia since 2006, she organized in 2016 “Wikimania Esino Lario”, she is chair of the Wikimania Steering Committee, former chair and now national coordinator for GLAMs of Wikimedia Italia, scientific director of WikiAfrica from 2007 until 2011 and co-founder of Wiki in Africa. Leader of De-colonising knowledge on wikipedia in Switzerland. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Decolonising_knowledge> - Asuru Lutherking Petercan <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lutarchitecture>: a research assistant in architectural history and heritage preservation. Advocating for free knowledge in Nigeria, advocating for policy change and creating awareness in the built environment and beyond about heritage and historic architectural archives, contributing to open source platforms, training more professionals to contribute and also starting an architectural heritage community to join in the contribution of Heritage architecture and GLAM related knowledge in Nigeria. - Sandra Schmitt Soster <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SSoster_(WMB)>: Sandra Soster is the GLAM and Culture Manager of Wiki Movimento Brasil since 2022. She holds a PhD degree of Architecture and Urbanism by University of São Paulo (USP). - Chantal Edie Ntube: an artist whose art representation extends beyond her visual practice as a photographer and writer. Chantal has a BSC in History, a Masters I in Political Sciences, and an HND in HSC from Reading in the UK. Co-creator of once upon a time symposium in Yaounde Cameroon <https://www.goethe.de/ins/cm/en/ver.cfm?event%20id=26439558>. When and where will the episode take place? Data: Wednesday 26th February Time: 16:00 UTC Join us LIVE on Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIEkQ3ICEqs>. You can also register in the event tool here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:WAH_Episode_42_-_Offline_Wikis,_the_need_and_the_available_options> Looking forward to seeing you! -- *Donia* WikiAfrica Hour Production Coordinator & Wiki In Africa Tools Community Facilitator
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