Hey all,
I'm currently living in Urubamba, Peru I want to improve the article on the town. Unfortunately I'm not sure where to start given so little is published about it. My efforts to find history I could source has come up with little to nothing, but given I'm living here I now know the official founding date of the town is November 9th and is considered a holiday. That's just one example of the many things I'm finding out that one would never find published. I'm thinking not but I figured I'd ask anyway - does Wikipedia make any provision for local or unsourced knowledge?
Also, I think the question is relevant and interesting to this list if only in terms of what kind of information is privileged as important enough to get published - there is much in the way of critiquing knowledge regarded as official due to its published status while minority, indigenous and womens' voices go unheard due to power structures that result in erasure.
Any feedback would be much appreciated!
Does Urubamba have a library? If they do, I would check there first and ask the librarian if they have any books on local history/culture. If not, you may want to check out http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oral_citations
Ryan Kaldari
On 10/24/11 9:03 PM, Erin O'Rourke wrote:
Hey all,
I'm currently living in Urubamba, Peru I want to improve the article on the town. Unfortunately I'm not sure where to start given so little is published about it. My efforts to find history I could source has come up with little to nothing, but given I'm living here I now know the official founding date of the town is November 9th and is considered a holiday. That's just one example of the many things I'm finding out that one would never find published. I'm thinking not but I figured I'd ask anyway - does Wikipedia make any provision for local or unsourced knowledge?
Also, I think the question is relevant and interesting to this list if only in terms of what kind of information is privileged as important enough to get published - there is much in the way of critiquing knowledge regarded as official due to its published status while minority, indigenous and womens' voices go unheard due to power structures that result in erasure.
Any feedback would be much appreciated!
-- Erin O'Rourke http://erin-orourke.com
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Hi Erin,
There is a mention of a law ("Ley disponiendo que la Villa de Urubamba se denomine Benemérita Ciudad de Urubamba") enacted on 9 November 1839 here:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pi9FAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA391&dq=urubamba...
There is a little more about the reason for the more distinguished title here (third page spread, under the heading Benemérita / Fuera Santa Cruz):
http://issuu.com/educayturismo/docs/educa_y_turismo
It's not much, but better than nothing. :)
Andreas
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:03 AM, Erin O'Rourke orourke.e@gmail.com wrote:
Hey all,
I'm currently living in Urubamba, Peru I want to improve the article on the town. Unfortunately I'm not sure where to start given so little is published about it. My efforts to find history I could source has come up with little to nothing, but given I'm living here I now know the official founding date of the town is November 9th and is considered a holiday. That's just one example of the many things I'm finding out that one would never find published. I'm thinking not but I figured I'd ask anyway - does Wikipedia make any provision for local or unsourced knowledge?
Also, I think the question is relevant and interesting to this list if only in terms of what kind of information is privileged as important enough to get published - there is much in the way of critiquing knowledge regarded as official due to its published status while minority, indigenous and womens' voices go unheard due to power structures that result in erasure.
Any feedback would be much appreciated!
-- Erin O'Rourke http://erin-orourke.com
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