Hello all,
As previously announced, the Celtic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference will
take place on July 1-2, with the goal of gathering participants from
various groups working on minority languages on the Wikimedia projects. In
this update, we would like to share with you some exciting news about the
format, the onsite events, and how your community can contribute to the
program of the conference.
If you know people or groups who are working on minority languages and
could be interested in this event, feel free to share this message with
them!
☘ Contribute to the “News from the Language Communities”
For this year’s edition of the conference, the main call for contributions
from the community takes the shape of a series of lightning talks called
“News from the Language Communities”. The goals of these short
presentations are to give an overview of ongoing projects and work related
to minority languages and the Wikimedia projects, to give an update about
what happened in the past year, to share lessons learned that could be
useful to other groups working on similar projects, and to start
conversations among participants.
Individuals or groups who would like to contribute to this part of the
program are welcome to prepare and send their presentation in the form of a
5-minute pre-recorded video, before May 31. You will find more information
about the content, requirements and support offered by the organizers on
this page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2022/Online_program
☘ Format
Although international events and travels are possible again, we made the
decision to stick to a hybrid format. The main program will take place
online on July 1-2, and we will actively encourage communities who want to
organize local gatherings as satellite events of the conference. Although
restrictions have loosen up in several countries, we want to acknowledge
that the pandemic is still going on in most of the world, and that
international travel remains difficult from many countries, especially for
financial or paperwork reasons. Therefore, we believe that an online format
remains the best solution in order to ensure the best possible diversity of
participants.
☘ Onsite events and scholarships
We are offering two kinds of scholarship around the conference:
scholarships to help with online participation and scholarships to help
with organising onsite events. The aim is to help people take part in the
live conference, and to give people a way to organise events in their area
related to the Celtic Knot.
Onsite event grants are for up to £1,000, with some ideas and more detail
on this page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2022/Satellite_events
Online attendance scholarships are for up to £80 per person. Full details
of the process, and a link to the application form are on this page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2022/Attend#Scholars…
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2022/Attend#Scholarhips>
We’re looking forward to your contribution to the Celtic Knot! If you have
any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me, Daria Cybulska or
Richard Nevell.
For the organizing team,
--
Léa Lacroix
Community Engagement Coordinator
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.