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She Leads Bootcamp 2025
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by
Soni Wadhwa
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published
Feb 19, 2025
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
CIS-A2K is committed to bridging the gender gap within Indian Wikimedia communities, and to further this goal, last year we launched the impactful She Leads program. This initiative is designed to empower female Wikimedians to take on leadership roles within their language communities, promoting diversity and inclusivity.
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Open Movement in India (2013-23): The Idea and Its Expressions
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by
Soni Wadhwa
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published
Feb 12, 2024
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last modified
Feb 13, 2024 02:57 AM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
A2K Research,
Openness
This report identifies some broad patterns that have materialized in the Open Movement in the country in the last decade. The report is based on a reading of the available literature on selected projects and conversations with academicians and advocates of the Open. The rough outline of the Open initiatives is accompanied by reflections on the nature of the Open here and the need to envision it differently from what it currently is.
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Using the Wikimedia sphere for the revitalization of small and underrepresented languages in India
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Feb 10, 2024
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
A2K Research
This report explores opportunities within the Wikimedia movement and projects to help revitalise small and underrepresented languages in India and provide recommendations to CIS’s Access to Knowledge team in furthering this effort. The report is mainly based on a roundtable conversation on Digital Access in Bhubaneswar with a diverse range of backgrounds and professions, including independent researchers, representatives from non-profit organizations, retired government officials, Wikimedia contributors (both Odia and Santali), ecological activists, directors of research institutes, consultants, and journalists. This was organized by the Access to Knowledge team of CIS in collaboration with Vasundhara, Bhubaneswar.
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Mapping Content on Gender and Sexuality in Indian Languages
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by
Yashashwini Srinivas
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published
Oct 21, 2022
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last modified
Oct 21, 2022 01:03 PM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
A2K Research,
Open Content
This research study explores content production processes on gender and sexuality in Indian languages, its digital documentation and factors that affect its availability and use on open access platforms. The research was undertaken by Yashashwini Srinivas, with editorial inputs by Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and Torsha Sarkar. This research was part of short-term studies undertaken at the CIS-A2K programme 2021-22.
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Digitisation of O Bharat, a bilingual biweekly published in Goa from 1912 to 1949
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Oct 11, 2022
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
GLAM,
Wikipedia,
A2K Research,
Open Content,
Openness
The digitization project of O Bharat, a historic biweekly published between 1912 to 1949 in Goa was completed through collaboration of different organizations. The trustees of Bharatkar Hegde Desai Trust initiated the project in collaboration with Marathi department of Goa University, Bhakti Dnyan Marg Sanstha and Goa Central Library. The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge Programme facilitated the project with technical and financial assistance. Two local students scanned 12000 pages in 8 days. The year wise volumes of O Bharat are now freely available on Wikimedia Commons in the form of archive.
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Digitisation of O Bharat, a bilingual biweekly published in Goa from 1912 to 1949
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Oct 11, 2022
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
A2K Research,
Open Content,
Openness
It all started like this. During the Wikimedia session at Goa University in October 2021, it was realised that there is very little documentation about the ‘Goa Liberation Struggle’ on Wikimedia projects. So, in the meeting Prof. Vinay Madgaonkar from the Marathi language department took the lead to develop a project around this theme.
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Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021/Report
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by
Nitesh Gill and Tito Dutta
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published
Aug 20, 2021
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Malayalam Wikipedia
In March 2020, the whole world came to a standstill. What many deemed as a regular ‘flu’ turned out to be the pandemic that brought everyone to their knees. The things that we always did, we could no longer do them. We were all confined to our homes with no choice but to work online. Hanging out with friends, attending weddings, and being a part of the conferences and seminars suddenly became a part of the past. We started using the word unprecedented a lot.
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Bodh: a new tool for Wikidata lexicographical data
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by
Bodhisattwa Mandal
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published
Jun 28, 2021
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia
We are happy to announce that a new tool, named Bodh, has been developed by Jay Prakash, as a CIS-A2K assignment, to add or modify statements for lexemes, senses and forms.
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News & Media
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Research Studies on Indian Language Wikimedia Projects 2019-21
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by
Sneha PP
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published
Dec 31, 2020
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last modified
Oct 21, 2022 12:59 PM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
A2K Research
This is a compilation of the final reports from a series of short-term studies undertaken by the CIS-A2K team in 2019-2021, on an array of topics related to Indian language Wikimedia projects. The projects were undertaken by Subodh Kulkarni, Bodhisattwa Mandal, Bhuvana Meenakshi Koteeswaran, Ananth Subray, Satpal Dandiwal and Nitesh Gill, with research oversight and editorial support by Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and internal review by Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Ambika Tandon.
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Wikiorientation at Dr.GR Damodaran College of Science
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by
Bhuvana Meenakshi
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published
Dec 23, 2019
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last modified
Jan 18, 2020 08:11 AM
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filed under:
Wikimedia Education,
CIS-A2K,
Open Source,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikipedia Education Program,
women and internet,
Wikipedia gender gap,
teaching
An orientation session on Wikimedia projects was held on 6-7 December 2019 at Dr. GR Damodaran College of Science. This talk was part of the “Hour of Code” event, which is an International event celebrated across the globe to encourage students to develop their knowledge on Computer Science. This event was supported by Open Knowledge movements like Wikimedia, Mozilla, etc.which would help students to share their knowledge in the form of volunteerships and contributions. The highlights of gender gap research and women based projects such as Women in Red were covered as part of a focussed group discussion.
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