[Foundation-l] Oral Citations project: People are Knowledge

[CasteloBranco]

And why does the people who speaks Malayalam, Hindi and Sepedi need to 
write in English in order to have those oral citations published? 
English is not as universal as some people think. I guess we need to 
find an answer in their own language, so the solution won't be another 
barrier. Also, the escope of this project is much more important for the 
projects on these languages, and for speakers of these languages, rather 
than the English Wikipedia or its readers.

But that's just me.

Castelo


Em 26/07/2011 16:16, whothis escreveu:
> Looks like an excellent waste of effort.
>
> Maybe the problem of publishing non-publishable oral sources occurred to
> someone on the team. Anyway the english wikipedia seems to be the
> appropriate place for your original research. I can't wait to read all about
> it.
>
> I still think a research project in emesis in the global south or something
> would have suited english wikipedia better but that's just me.
>
> Your fan
>
> Elizabeth
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Achal Prabhala<aprabhala em gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Dear friends,
>>
>> At the beginning of 2011, a group of us began working on a project to
>> explore alternative methods of citation on Wikipedia. We were motivated
>> by the lack of published resources in much of the non-Anglo-European
>> world, and the very real difficulty of citing everyday aspects of lived
>> reality in India and South Africa.
>>
>> We are now at a stage where the project is almost complete, and we'd
>> like to share our work with the broader movement, especially within
>> India and South Africa.
>>
>> There are three languages we worked within: Malayalam, Hindi and Sepedi.
>>
>> The project page documents the process and logistics employed, as well
>> as the findings and results:
>>
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Oral_Citations
>>
>> A film made on the project is available here:
>>
>>
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:People-are-Knowledge.ogv?withJS=MediaWiki:MwEmbed.js
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:People-are-Knowledge.ogv
>> or
>> http://vimeo.com/26469276
>>
>> There have been discussions on oral citations for some time now within
>> the language communities we worked with for the duration of the project.
>> At this stage, we are really interested in *your* feedback, either on
>> this list, or on the Discussion section of the project page.
>>
>> There are still some things to come, namely:
>>
>> - Updates on events, meetings and discussions held around the project
>> (as they happen)
>> - Updates on articles created in Malayalam, Hindi and Sepedi as a result
>> of the project (as they happen)
>> - English transcripts of the interviews and a full English subtitle track
>> for further translation (we could use some help here).
>>
>> We would be very grateful to hear your feedback, and begin a broader
>> discussion.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Achal
>>
>>
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