We are - or at least we can and should be - promoting the writing of
encyclopaedias in the minority languages, and potentially dictionaries
and other related projects. Many of the smaller language wikis are
intensely cultural projects - not in a narrow, arts focussed sense,
but in a broad sense of using the languages in a productive fashion,
and providing information in those languages for other speakers to
use. This is, of course, true of the larger wikis too, but it tends
to be a far less important element.
Rescuing source documents written in those languages, and also making
available images of importance to the culture of various communities,
are also cultural heritage. It's not always easy to draw a sharp line
between the two.
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 11:56 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2008/10/12 Mickey Conn <mickey.conn(a)gmail.com>om>:
Primarily, promoting the use of, and contribution
to, wikis in
minority languages.
That's education - getting knowledge to speakers of those languages.
And possibly heritage - rescuing source documents written in those
languages. I don't see how what we'll do involves culture, we're not
writing literature in minority languages.
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