Arctic Knot Conference 2021/Program

Arctic Knot
Wikimedia Language Conference
Online · 24–25 June 2021

Side events

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Here are some events organized by participants aside of the conference. Interested in running a side event? Please contact the conference team at arcticknot(_AT_)wikimedia.no before adding your event in the table.

Tuesday, June 22nd

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Introduction to SPARQL & other tools to query Wikidata (on Twitch, in English/French)

Saturday, June 26th

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Editing and querying Wikidata live (YouTube, Facebook , in English)

Main program

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This is the live program for the Arctic Knot Conference. In addition to this, there is also the video pool with lots of interesting video submissions that you can watch in the breaks or even before the conference starts.

Note that the program is still subject to change.

Thursday, June 24th

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Introduction & orientation

Wikimedia Norge & Wikimedia UK

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Official welcome

Opening speeches by Aili Keskitalo, President of the Sámi Parliament of Norway and
Guri Melby, Minister of Education Norway

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Introducing Arctic languages

Michael Rießler, Professor of General Linguistics, School of Humanities, University of Eastern Finland

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Linnea Nordström, Team lead for Library Communications, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

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Introducing UNESCO Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032

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Trond Trosterud, professor of Sámi language technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

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Adélaïde Calais, Diversity and Francophone project manager, Wikimedia France

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Panel debate: What role can indigenous language Wikipedia versions play in the strengthening of literacy for the circumpolar indigenous languages?

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Moderator: Andrea Antoniou, Research student, School of Languages and Cultures, The University of Sheffield

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Dr. Genner Llanes-Ortiz, Rising Voices, Centre for Indigenous America Studies, Leiden University

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Keynote: Abstract Wikipedia

Denny Vrandečić, Wikimedia Foundation

Wikipedia’s vision is a world in which everyone can share in the sum of all knowledge. One of the largest hindrances is the sheer number of languages Wikipedia needs to cover in order to achieve that goal. We want to tackle this problem with a multilingual Wikipedia allowing for content to be shared between language editions. We separate this goal into two parts: creating and maintaining content in an abstract notation within a project called Abstract Wikipedia, and creating a new project called Wikifunctions that can translate this notation to natural language.

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Radio cinema: A picture can cause changes

Eva Maria Fjellheim, PhD, Centre for Sámi Studies, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
In this podcast episode Eva Marie Fjellheim will take you through the troublesome history of race biology in Norway and Sweden with a picture of her great grandmother as a starting point.

Friday, June 25th

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Welcome speech

Sigrun Espe, board chair of Wikimedia Norge will give a welcome speech on behalf of Wikimedia Norge

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Dr. Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK

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Envision the future of your language community: how can small language Wikipedias move forward?

In this conversation Dr. Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK and Sadik Shahadu, regional ambassador for indigenous communities at Art+Feminism and the co-founder of the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group
Moderator: Tanveer Hasan

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  • Leonore Lukschy, Senior Archive Assistant & Communications Officer, Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR)], SOAS University of London
  • Joshua Wilbur, Visiting Lecturer in Digital Humanities, Centre for Digital Humanities and Information Society, University of Tartu
  • Mandana Seyfeddinipur, Head of Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR)], Director of the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme, SOAS University of London
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Watch-along: Language tech

Watch-along for the language tech-themed pre-recorded talks from the video pool.

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Watch-along: Community building

Watch-along for the community building-themed pre-recorded talks from the video pool.

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Thank you & wrap-up

Astrid Carlsen, Executive Director, Wikimedia Norge and Daria Cybulska, Head of Programmes and Evaluation, Wikimedia UK

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Quiz!

Jon Harald Søby, Community manager, Wikimedia Norge