wow, really fantastic! Sounds like pioneer-work!
hubertl
Am 20.06.2012 22:43, schrieb Adrienne Alix:
[Apologize for cross posting... ]
Hello,
Wikimedia France is very happy to announce a great new project :
A partnership has been formalized on last Friday between Wikimédia
France, the Institut Français
<http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_fran%C3%A7ais> (the network of
the french cultural institutes in the world) and the Agence
Universitaire de la Francophonie
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_universitaire_de_la_Francophonie>
(Association of Universities of the Francophonie) to support a common
program about the development of Wikipedia in French-speaking Africa:
this project is called "Afripedia".
Afripedia is a project to support the "digital development" of Africa.
While the most part of the contributions and contributors on Wikipedia
are from the North, we want to make easier the offline reading of
Wikipedia and the production of content about Africa and made by African
contributors. The project entails projected workshops to help use the
encyclopedia and produce content on the Wikimedia projects.
Based on the offline technologies developped by Kiwix
<http://www.kiwix.org/index.php/Main_Page/en> (and helped by Kiwix), the
project will involve several phases:
1/ software development to produce offline versions of Wikipedia (and
probably other Wikimedia projects like Wiktionary) regularly and easily,
and then a download solution to get these offline versions easier, with
no technical ability needed.
2/ Installation of these offline versions on flash drives, plugged on
little computers extremely energy-efficient, without screen or keyboard.
The computer spreads the content of the flash drive (=Wikipedia) with a
wireless connection without internet (the content of the flash drive is
available just by connecting to this wifi) [see [[Plug computer
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug_computer>]]
3/ Installation of the computers and flash drives and training of
students and professors on the "Digital campus of Francophonie", a
network of digital points supported by the Association of Universities
of the Francophonie, to support the dissemination of Wikipedia content
without the issues of irregular access to internet. One plug (with or
without repeater) can provide Wikipedia for dozens of students !
4/ Training in contribution on Wikipedia (in French and local languages)
5/ After a first implementation (autumn 2012) in 20 points in 15
countries of West Africa, we will assess the project and extend it over
a larger scale for 2013, if the results are good.
As it is one of our missions, we consider producing free knowledge in
French and in local languages and making it accesible in territories
developping access to digital technology but having no active Wikimedia
community yet, to be essential. So we will also support the forming of
contributors communities in these countries.
See also (in french)
http://www.wikimedia.fr/afripedia
==
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The Institut Français is the operator for the French Ministry of
Foreign Affairs in charge of the cultural action in foreign countries.
Through its French Language Department, the Institut Français works
towards the attractivity and spreading of French language across the
world. It particularly takes care of the development of the teaching of
French language and culture in secondary school and in universities.
http://www.institutfrancais.com/
Â
The Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (Association of Universities
of the Francophonie) groups 786 higher education and research
institutions from 98 countries on the five continents, using French
language as a language for teaching and research. Its mission is to
contribute to the solidarity between French-speaking higher education
establishments and to the development of a scientific arena in French,
respecting the cultures and languages diversity.
http://www.auf.org/
--
Adrienne Charmet-Alix
Directrice des programmes - Wikimedia France
Twitter : @AdrienneAlix
adrienne.alix(a)wikimedia.fr <mailto:adrienne.alix@wikimedia.fr> |
07.62.92.42.01
http://www.wikimedia.fr
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