[Wikimediach-l] Exhibition about Wikipedia?
dear all during the last general assembly we visited the Ethnographical museum in Neuchâtel http://www.men.ch (below some more info about the museum [1]). How about an exhibition about Wikipedia there? The idea of an exhibition about Wikipedia actually comes from the museum director Marc-Olivier Gonseth, who launched the idea the first time we met last year. In those last weeks I have contacted 1) Andrew Lih. during Wikimania 2012 he mentioned an exhibition is was working on. the exhibition is planned for end 2013-beginning of 2014 at the Computer history museum [2]. we are currently in contact to see if maybe we can bridge the two projects or learn from each over. 2) WMF to ask about other exhibition projects. for the moment no news. 3) the research group Open Online Communities which involves several researchers in different European countries and universities working on the topic of OOC and wikipedia (i am one of the research members). the group seems interested in contributing to provide content and research. personally i think it can be a relevant project and it could be also designed as an itinerant show. of course the Ethnographical museum in Neuchâtel needs to be recontacted, but i think it would be nice to make a wikipedia/wikimedia projects (i like for example the approach of Andrew Lih of organising a meetup there. what do you think? anyone interested in the idea? do you think WIkimedia CH could be involved? all the best iolanda/iopensa [1] The Ethnographical museum in Neuchâtel is a small museum but it is considered in the anthropological field as one of the best museums. It has a very peculiar approach. All its exhibitions try to unpack culture and knowledge. They focus on the meta-discourse, and they use an historiographical approach, they detect critical issues, and they show how categories shape our perception of culture and the world. There is also a strong research work behind the exhibitions. I think it can be a very interesting place to develop an exhibition related to Wikipedia. Maybe we could envision an exhibition for 2015. [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Computer_History_Museum___ http://wikimedia.ch Wikimedia CH website Wikimediach-l mailing list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediach-l
Re: [Wikimediach-l] [WIKIPEDIA IN PRISON] Small press review
dear all when i read the announce Wikipedia for prisoners – an unexpected partnership between a swiss prison and Wikimedia CH I jumped on my chair. please note that I am not questioning the value of providing access to Wikipedia offline, and I think Kiwix is a great project and congratulations to Emmanuel and all the people involved. what made me jump on my chair is the unexpected partnership. for a partnership 1. either you share the same mission (?) 2. either you both give and gain from a cooperation (what Wikimedia CH received in return?). I think calling it a partnership can be a strategic sensational news, but is it really partnership? personally i perceive this communication issue as something important. it is the difference for me of saying to my family and friends: a) I am a member of Wikimedia CH which also supports education programs in prisons. b) I am a member of Wikimedia CH which cooperates with prisons. it is not the same thing. a) makes me thing well done, b) makes me think it is not the reason I joint the association. please consider next time you communicate this project or other projects. it is delicacy which actually portraits the vision, the mission, the meaning and the sense of what is behind it and behind you. thanks! iolanda/iopensa Il giorno 19/giu/2013, alle ore 11:09, Emmanuel Engelhart emmanuel.engelh...@wikimedia.ch ha scritto: Hi This is the result of our press release about our Pilot with the Prison of Gorgiers, near Neuchatel. Chantal was in touch the last days with many journalists who have written about our project. == Online press == * Tribune de Genève: http://www.tdg.ch/high-tech/wikipedia-prison-suisse/story/11492555 * 24 heures online: http://www.24heures.ch/high-tech/wikipedia-prison-suisse/story/11492555 * Le Matin : http://www.lematin.ch/high-tech/wikipedia-prison-suisse/story/11492555 * 20 minutes : http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/romandie/story/Wikip-dia-dans-les-cellules-29095981 * RTN : http://www.rtn.ch/rtn/Actualites/Regionale/20130617-Surfer-sur-Wikipedia-en-prison.html * Arc-info : http://www.arcinfo.ch/fr/regions/canton-de-neuchatel/wikipedia-offline-pour-les-detenus-de-bellevue-a-gorgier-556-1194895 * Blog online : http://www.newsbcc.com/suisse/suisse/surfer_sur_wikip%C3%A9dia_en_prison/312824/ == Paper press == * 20 minutes * L'Express == Wikimedia movement == Really warm welcome in many written feedbacks... I hope this will be inspiring for other communities. We will certainly have pretty much discussions about that at Wikimania. Regards Emmanuel ___ http://wikimedia.ch Wikimedia CH website Wikimediach-l mailing list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediach-l ___ http://wikimedia.ch Wikimedia CH website Wikimediach-l mailing list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediach-l
Re: [Wikimediach-l] Les alpes Valaisannes, excursion en Novembre
nice idea added to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Alps_Portal/Calendar iolanda Il giorno 03/ott/2013, alle ore 13:09, Charles Andrès charles.and...@wikimedia.ch ha scritto: http://www.lamurithienne.ch/evenement/journees-conferences-alpes-valaisannes-terre-reve-des-geologues The museums of Sion and the society of natural science is organizing 2 days of Conference about the Alpes Valaisanes geology, with three excursions. Wikimedians from Switzertlad can have financial support to attend these events, just contact me or your community manager!! Cheers Charles ___ Charles ANDRES, Chief Science Officer Wikimedia CH – Association for the advancement of free knowledge – www.wikimedia.ch Skype: charles.andres.wmch IRC://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch ___ http://wikimedia.ch Wikimedia CH website Wikimediach-l mailing list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediach-l ___ http://wikimedia.ch Wikimedia CH website Wikimediach-l mailing list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediach-l
