Hey, Eddie! It's great to hear this! My team will compile the list of the
major languages of Colombia (especially in Bogota region) with
recommendations and send it here. I think we could do that tomorrow, but up
to the end of the week for sure.
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 11:04 PM, eddie avila <eduardo13(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all -
I’m new here, but really interested in the topic. My name is Eddie Avila
and I’m the Director of Rising Voices, an initiative of Global Voices
<http://www.globalvoicesonline.org>. We work to support new, diverse, and
underrepresented voices as they use participatory digital media to tell
their own stories on their own terms.
A special interest of ours centers on how the Internet is helping
communities create new digital content in their native languages. Whether
through blogs, digital video, social media, or audio podcasts, we are
seeing inspiring work by people committed towards preserving and
revitalizing their native languages.
Starting with an activity last year in Mexico
<http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/11/09/a-network-of-indigenous-language-digital-activists-in-mexico/>
we brought together indigenous language “digital activists” to share their
experiences and teach and learn from one another.
Here, we partnered with our friends from Wikimedia Mexico to help organize
the sessions around creating new or translating existing content into
Wikipedia in native languages. We felt that Wikimedia shares our mission of
supporting communities to be able to share their knowledge online in their
own languages.
Now, we are continuing this process with a workshop in Bogotá
<http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/05/18/a-gathering-to-connect-indigenous-language-digital-activists-in-colombia/>
in
a couple of weeks. Again, we are partnering with both Wikimedia Colombia
and Wikimedia Venezuela to showcase the possibilities of creating versions
of Wikipedia in native languages and building a more mutually supportive
network.
We are eager to explore how Rising Voices can help support the ongoing
work of communities around the world, but especially throughout Latin
America, that are interested in contributing or creating their own versions
of this important resource. Our partnerships with your communities have
been incredibly rewarding.
Looking forward to seeing how we can continue to work together.
Thanks,
Eddie Avila
@barrioflores @risingvoices
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