Hello!
As WikidataCon 2021 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021 approaches, Wiki Movimento Brasil https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Movimento_Brasil is organizing *Transbordados* https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021/Program/Preconference:_Transbordados, a preconference that will address* Wikidata and decoloniality, knowledge organization and digital dissemination of collections in Latin America contexts*, in partnership with Goethe-Institut São Paulo. There will be three sessions with wikimedians and experts broadcasted live on *September 14, 21 and 28, always at 21h UTC*, with simultaneous translation for Portuguese and Spanish, via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/wmnobrasil
The goal of *Transbordados* is to outreach Wikidata potentialities for Latin America, especially to GLAM institutions, universities, free knowledge organizations and local wikimedians. Join us!
- *14/09* - *Towards a decolonial wiki: overflowing knowledge from the Latin American horizon*
Speakers: Amanda Jurno (Wiki Movimento Brasil), Bianca Santana (journalist, writer and activist) and Silvia Gutiérrez (El Colegio de México) - watch it in PT-BR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2hdKG4t3Ww / ES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VFDlq4UWUQ
- *21/09* - *The universe of libraries: Wikidata and the multiplication of knowledge potencies*
Speakers: Lilian Viana (GLAM das Bibliotecas da USP) and Maurício Genta (Wikimedia Argentina e Biblioteca Nacional da Argentina) - watch it in PT-BR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q45sstDdjC0 / ES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXtOX1X7MJs
- *28/09* - *Digital collections and Wikidata: organizing a network of knowledge*
Speakers: Evelin Heidel (a.k.a. Scann; Wikimedistas do Uruguai) and Karen Worcman (Museu da Pessoa) - watch it in PT-BR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoDrwWdTlmA / ES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlxiYtYEOvM
You can find some graphic materials on *Transbordados* available on Wikimedia Commons here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikidataCon_2021_Preconference:_Transbordados. Feel free to share it with your contacts!
WikidataCon is being organized this year by Wikimedia Deutschland and Wiki Movimento Brasil with the theme *"a sustainable future for Wikidata" https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikidataCon_2021#WikidataCon_update_-_June_2021*, which will include discussions around the project's technical infrastructure, data quality, community health and diversity. Besides the program of the conference, the partnership between the affiliates is working on making this remote conference as meaningful as possible for the Wikidata ecosystem, especially for those participants who usually wouldn't be able to attend the conference in person. *Transbordados* is one of the actions designed under this scope to better understand and envision possible paths for the empowered performance of historically marginalized communities in the Wikidata ecosystem. Besides the preconference, the organization team is also working on a grant for Latin American and Caribbean Affiliates https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021/Latin_America_and_Caribbean_grants and on the project Reimagining Wikidata from the margins https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Reimagining_Wikidata_from_the_margins. And don't forget to check out the program of the first day https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021/Program/Day_1_-_Main_program of WikidataCon!
Cheers from São Paulo,
*Érica Azzellini | User:EAzzellini (WMB)* *Communications Manager | **Wiki Movimento Brasil* *wmnobrasil.org http://wmnobrasil.org/*